The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (600 page)
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One WEDDING brings another
Similar to
one FUNERAL makes many
, the idea in this case being that the social gathering of the bride's and groom's families and friends is likely to result in other romantic attachments.
1634
in
Roxburghe Ballads
(1880) III. 54
'Tis said that one wedding produceth another.
1713
Wife of Bath
I
. i.
One Wedding, the Proverb says, begets another.
1885
Salt-Cellars
I. 88
Bridesmaids may soon be made brides. One wedding.. brings on another.
1929
True Heart
I
. 54
Cheer up, Suke! I dare say you'll get a boy in time—they do say one wedding brings another.
1957
Double Affair
i.
But when he said ‘One marriage always brings on another, Mrs. Hubback,’ I slapped his face with a nice bit of cod's tail.
weddings
one FUNERAL makes many
, the idea in this case being that the social gathering of the bride's and groom's families and friends is likely to result in other romantic attachments.
1634in
Roxburghe Ballads
(1880) III. 54
'Tis said that one wedding produceth another.
1713
Wife of Bath
I
. i.
One Wedding, the Proverb says, begets another.
1885
Salt-Cellars
I. 88
Bridesmaids may soon be made brides. One wedding.. brings on another.
1929
True Heart
I
. 54
Cheer up, Suke! I dare say you'll get a boy in time—they do say one wedding brings another.
1957
Double Affair
i.
But when he said ‘One marriage always brings on another, Mrs. Hubback,’ I slapped his face with a nice bit of cod's tail.
weddingsWEDLOCK is a padlock
1678English Proverbs
(ed. 2) 56
Wedlock is a padlock.
1821
Don Juan
(1857) v. clviii.
Thus in the East they are extremely strict, And wedlock and a padlock mean the same.
1950
Henry Plumdew
211
Wedlock is a padlock, says our proverb.
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