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but nearer is my skin

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  • near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin — See also the preceding proverb (near is my kirtle, but nearer is my smock). Cf. early 14th cent. Fr. plus pres m’est char que n’est chemise, my skin is nearer to me than my shirt. c 1570 in J. P. Collier Old Ballads (1840) 99 Neerer is my skin… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • near is my kirtle, but nearer is my smock — A justification for looking after one’s own closest interests; see also the next proverb (near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin). A kirtle is a woman’s skirt or gown; a smock is an undergarment. Cf. PLAUTUS Trinummus 1. 1154 tunica propior… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • skin — noun see near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin don’t sell the skin till you have caught the bear verb see there is more than one way to skin a cat …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • near — see near is my kirtle, but nearer is my smock near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin the nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat the nearer the church, the farther from God …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • shirt — see near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • race — race1 /rays/, n., v., raced, racing. n. 1. a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing. 2. races, a series of races, usually of horses or dogs, run at a set time over a regular course: They spent a day at the races. 3. any… …   Universalium

  • Race — /rays/, n. Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland. * * * I Term once commonly used in physical anthropology to denote a division of humankind possessing traits that are transmissible by descent and sufficient to characterize it as a… …   Universalium

  • Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

  • Srinagarindra — Princess Mother of Thailand Srinagarindra in 1925 with her son Ananda Mahidol later King Rama VIII Spouse HRH Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, the Prince of …   Wikipedia

  • Hemd — 1. Auch das seidene Hemd umhüllt nur einen nackten Körper. – Altmann V, 110. 2. Besser ein geborgtes Hemd als gar keins. Holl.: Het is beter een ander mans hemd dan geen. (Harrebomée, I, 301.) 3. Das hembd ligt eim (ist mir) näher dann der rock.… …   Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

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