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the nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat

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  • the nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat — a 1398 J. TREVISA tr. Bartholomew’s On Properties of Things (1975) xix. 1 The nerer the boon the swetter is the flesshe. a 1661 T. FULLER Worthies (Wales) 2 As the sweetest flesh is said to be nearest the bones, so most delicious vallies are… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • bone — see what’s bred in the bone will come out in the flesh you buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones a dog that will fetch a bone will carry a bone hard words break no bones the nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • meat — see meat and mass never hindered man one man’s meat is another man’s poison you buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones God never sends mouths but He sends meat God sends meat, but the devil sends cooks …   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

  • sweet — see with a sweet tongue and kindness, you can drag an elephant by a hair little fish are sweet revenge is sweet stolen fruit is sweet stolen waters are sweet the nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat …   Proverbs new dictionary

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