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Don't go near the WATER until you learn how to swim

1855
Hand-Book of Proverbs
459
Never venture out of your depth till you can swim.
1975
Snow Tiger
XV
.
‘There I was … Over-protected and regarded as a teacher's pet into the bargain.’ ‘“Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim,”’ quoted McGill.

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The WAY to a man's heart is through his stomach

1814
Letter
15 Apr. in
Works
(1851) VI. 505
The shortest road to men's hearts is down their throats.
1845
Hand-Book for Travellers in Spain
I
. i.
The way to many an honest heart lies through the belly.
1857
John Halifax, Gentleman
xxx.
‘Christmas dinners will be much in request.’ ‘There's a saying that the way to an Englishman's heart is through his stomach.’
1975
Our Man in Camelot
V
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The way to a man's heart was't through his stomach, it was through an appreciation of what interested him.
1986
Jersey Tomatoes
XV.
What she meant was in a home she could bake things and make meals for him… The way to man's heart is through his stomach.
1991
McNally's Secret
(1992) vii. 89
There was something demonic in her lovemaking that night … Popular wisdom has it that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Don't you ever believe it.

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