fish and guests smell after three days

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• fish and guests smell after three days — Cf. PLAUTUS Miles Gloriosus 1. 741 nam hospes nullus tam in amici hospitium devorti potest, quin, ubi triduom continuom fuerit, iam odiosus siet, no host can be hospitable enough to prevent a friend who has descended on him from becoming tiresome …   Proverbs new dictionary

• three — see three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead three removals are as bad as a fire three things are not to be trusted: a cow’s horn, a dog’s tooth, and a horse’s hoof bad things come in threes two boys are half a boy, and three boys are no… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• fish — see the fish always stinks from the head downwards fish and guests smell after three days there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it all is fish that comes to the net better are small fish than an empty dish …   Proverbs new dictionary

• smell — noun see money has no smell verb see fish and guests smell after three days …   Proverbs new dictionary

• smell — 01. Something [smells] delicious. I wonder what s for supper. 02. Because of their excellent sense of [smell], dogs are often used in airports to look for things such as illegal drugs, or bombs. 03. The garbage [smells]. Someone needs to take it… …   Grammatical examples in English

• 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

• day — see as the day lengthens, so the cold strengthens be the day weary or be the day long, at last it ringeth to evensong one day honey, one day onion another day, another dollar an apple a day keeps the doctor away …   Proverbs new dictionary

• stink — see the fish always stinks from the head downwards fish and guests smell after three days the more you stir it the worse it stinks …   Proverbs new dictionary

• guest — see fish and guests smell after three days …   Proverbs new dictionary

• visitor — see fish and guests smell after three days …   Proverbs new dictionary

• List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens — This is a list of fictional creatures and aliens from the universe of the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, including Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures and K 9. It covers alien races and other fictional creatures,… …   Wikipedia