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tinker
TODAY you; tomorrow me
Cf. L.
hodie mihi
,
cras tibi
, today it is my turn, tomorrow yours.
a
1250
Ancrene Wisse
(1962) 143
Ille hodie, ego cras.
He to dei, and ich to marhen [he today, and I tomorrow].
1620
tr.
Cervantes' Don Quixote
II
. lxv.
To day for thee, and to-morrow for me.
1855
Westward Ho!
II. i.
To-day to thee, to-morrow to me.
1906
Sir Nigel
xv.
‘It is the custom of the Narrow Seas,’ said they: ‘To-day for them; to-morrow for us.’
1929
tr.
E. M. Remarque's All Quiet on Western Front
ix.
‘Comrade,’ I say to the dead man, but I say it calmly, ‘To-day you, tomorrow me.’
future
hodie mihi
,
cras tibi
, today it is my turn, tomorrow yours.
a1250
Ancrene Wisse
(1962) 143
Ille hodie, ego cras.
He to dei, and ich to marhen [he today, and I tomorrow].
1620
tr.
Cervantes' Don Quixote
II
. lxv.
To day for thee, and to-morrow for me.
1855
Westward Ho!
II. i.
To-day to thee, to-morrow to me.
1906
Sir Nigel
xv.
‘It is the custom of the Narrow Seas,’ said they: ‘To-day for them; to-morrow for us.’
1929
tr.
E. M. Remarque's All Quiet on Western Front
ix.
‘Comrade,’ I say to the dead man, but I say it calmly, ‘To-day you, tomorrow me.’
futuretoday
TOMORROW is another day
c1527
Calisto & Melebea
C1
V
Well mother to morrow is a new day.
1603
tr.
Montaigne's Essays
II
. iv.
A letter .. beeing delivered him .. at supper, he deferred the opening of it, pronouncing this by-word. To morrow is a new day.
1824
St. Ronan's Well
III. vii.
We will say no more of it at present …To-morrow is a new day.
1927
Field God
I
. 148
Go to it, you Mag and Lonie! To-morrow's another day, and you'll need all you can hold.
1972
Naked to Grave
xii.
There's an old adage that tomorrow's another day. At this time of night it's quite a comfort.
future
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