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(adjective) BIG fish eat little fish
;
BIG fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite them
;
BIRDS in their little nests agree
;
little BIRDS that can sing and won't sing must be made to sing
;
EVERY little helps
;
GREAT oaks from little acorns grow
;
LONG and lazy, little and loud
;
MANY a little makes a mickle
;
MUCH cry and little wool
; (adverb)
LOVE me little, love me long
.
(adjective) BIG fish eat little fish
;
BIG fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite them
;
BIRDS in their little nests agree
;
little BIRDS that can sing and won't sing must be made to sing
;
EVERY little helps
;
GREAT oaks from little acorns grow
;
LONG and lazy, little and loud
;
MANY a little makes a mickle
;
MUCH cry and little wool
; (adverb)
LOVE me little, love me long
.
LIVE and learn
c1620
in
Roxburghe Ballads
(1871) I. 60
A man may liue and learne.
1771
Humphry Clinker
III. 168
'Tis a true saying, live and learn—O woman, what chuckling and changing have I seen!
1894
Use of Life
vi.
No doubt we go on learning as long as we live: ‘Live and learn,’ says the old proverb.
1984
Great Diamond Robbery
xi.
‘Y’ want
steins
, gov, go to Germany; ‘ere we only got
pints
.’ Live and learn.
experienceLIVE and let live
1622Ancient Law-Merchant
I. xlv.
According to the Dutche prouerbe .. Leuen ende laeten leuen, To liue and to let others liue.
1641
Scottish Proverbs
(STS) no. 582
Live and let live.
1678
English Proverbs
(ed.2) 170
Live and let live, i.e. Do as you would be done by. Let such pennyworths as your Tenants may live under you.
1762
Sir Launcelot Greaves
II. xvi.
He deals very little in physic stuff, .. whereby he can't expect the pothecary to be his friend. You knows, master, one must live and let live, as the saying is.
1843
Handley Cross
II. vii.
Live and let live, as the criminal said to the hangman.
1979
Rose in Darkness
iv.
Not that Sari cared two hoots how other people conducted their private lives. Live and let live.
1993
Bachelor Brothers' Bed & Breakfast
(1997) 57
The ‘live and let live’ mentality by which we have so long abided in our little valley prevailed.
toleranceIf you want to LIVE and thrive, let the spider run alive
1867Notes & Queries
3rd Ser. XI. 32
The proverb so often used in Kent: ‘He who would wish to thrive Must let spiders run alive’.
1903
Collectanea
II. 204
He that would thrive Must let spiders live.
1957
Folklore of Maine
iv.
If you want to live and thrive let the spider run alive.
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