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LONG and lazy, little and loud; fat and fulsome, pretty and proud
c1576
Autobiography
(1961) 23
Hy women be layzy and low be lowd, fair be sluttish, and fowll be proud.
1591
Second Fruits
189
If long, she is lazy, if little, she is lowde.
1648
Hesperides
166
Long and lazie
.
That was the Proverb. Let my mistress be Lasie to others, but be long to me—
Ibid
. 248
Little and loud
.
Little you are; for Womans sake be proud; For my sake next, (though little)
be not loud
.
1659
Proverbs
(English) 10
Long and lazy, little and loud, Fatt and fulsome, prety and proud; in point of women.
1872
Maid of Sker
I. xiii.
You are long enough, and lazy enough; put your hand to the bridle.
womenLONG foretold, long last; short notice, soon past
Cf.
1863
R. FITZROY
Weather Book
15 The longer the time between the signs and the change foretold by them, the longer such altered weather will last; and, on the contrary, the less the time between a warning and a change, the shorter will be the continuance of such predicted weather.
1866
Manual of Weathercasts
xiv.
Old saws [sayings] about the barometer. Long foretold, long last; short notice, soon past.
1889
Three Men in Boat
v.
The barometer is .. misleading … Boots .. read out a poem which was printed over the top of the oracle, about ‘Long foretold, long last; Short notice, soon past.’ The fine weather never came that summer.
future
;
weather lore
1863
R. FITZROY
Weather Book
15 The longer the time between the signs and the change foretold by them, the longer such altered weather will last; and, on the contrary, the less the time between a warning and a change, the shorter will be the continuance of such predicted weather.
1866Manual of Weathercasts
xiv.
Old saws [sayings] about the barometer. Long foretold, long last; short notice, soon past.
1889
Three Men in Boat
v.
The barometer is .. misleading … Boots .. read out a poem which was printed over the top of the oracle, about ‘Long foretold, long last; Short notice, soon past.’ The fine weather never came that summer.
future;
weather lore
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