- short horse soon curried
- Short horse soon curriedA convenient and superficial explanation that is normally unconvincing is a short horse soon curried.
The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.
short horse soon curried
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a short horse is soon curried — A slight task is soon completed. Curried here means ‘groomed with a currycomb’. c 1350 Douce MS 52 no. 17 Short hors is son j curryed. a 1530 R. HILL Commonplace Book (EETS) 128 A shorte hors is son curried. 1732 T. FULLER Gnomologia no. 395 A… … Proverbs new dictionary
Curried — Curry Cur ry (k?r r?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curried} ( r?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Currying}.] [OE. curraien, curreien, OF. cunreer, correier, to prepare, arrange, furnish, curry (a horse), F. corroyer to curry (leather) (cf. OF. conrei, conroi, order … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
horse — see you can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink don’t change horses in mid stream England is the paradise of women, the hell of horses, and the purgatory of servants never look a gift horse in the mouth a good horse cannot be… … Proverbs new dictionary
short — see a short horse is soon curried short reckonings make long friends art is long and life is short long foretold, long last; short notice, soon past Barnaby bright, Barnaby bright, the longest day and the shortest night … Proverbs new dictionary
curried — (combed) see a short horse is soon curried … 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
Curry — Cur ry (k?r r?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curried} ( r?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Currying}.] [OE. curraien, curreien, OF. cunreer, correier, to prepare, arrange, furnish, curry (a horse), F. corroyer to curry (leather) (cf. OF. conrei, conroi, order,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Currying — Curry Cur ry (k?r r?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curried} ( r?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Currying}.] [OE. curraien, curreien, OF. cunreer, correier, to prepare, arrange, furnish, curry (a horse), F. corroyer to curry (leather) (cf. OF. conrei, conroi, order … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To curry favor — Curry Cur ry (k?r r?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curried} ( r?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Currying}.] [OE. curraien, curreien, OF. cunreer, correier, to prepare, arrange, furnish, curry (a horse), F. corroyer to curry (leather) (cf. OF. conrei, conroi, order … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
