The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (293 page)
Read The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs Online
Authors: John Andrew Simpson,
BOOK: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
8.76Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
job
JOUK and let the jaw go by
A Scottish proverb counselling prudent or evasive action when trouble threatens. The phrase
to jouk and let the jaw go by
is also found.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
189
Juck [stoop], and let the jaw [rush of water] go o'er you. That is, prudently yield to a present Torrent.
1817
Rob Roy
II. xii.
Gang your ways hame, like a gude bairn—jouk and let the jaw gae by.
1927
Witch Wood
xv.
A man must either jouk and let the jaw go bye, as the owercome [common expression] says, or he must ride the whirlwind.
prudence
;
self-preservation
to jouk and let the jaw go by
is also found.
1721Scottish Proverbs
189
Juck [stoop], and let the jaw [rush of water] go o'er you. That is, prudently yield to a present Torrent.
1817
Rob Roy
II. xii.
Gang your ways hame, like a gude bairn—jouk and let the jaw gae by.
1927
Witch Wood
xv.
A man must either jouk and let the jaw go bye, as the owercome [common expression] says, or he must ride the whirlwind.
prudence;
self-preservation
Other books
Heart of the Outback by Emma Darcy
I'm Glad About You by Theresa Rebeck
Lamentation by Ken Scholes
Twice Shy (The Restraint Series) by Flanagan, Jill C, Christie, Jill
Sweet by Skye Warren
The Fifth Magic (Book 1) by Brian Rathbone
Temptation by Brie Paisley
Death Takes Wing by Amber Hughey
Remember this Titan by Steve Sullivan
One Summer by Karen Robards