OLD SAYINGS
As poor as a church mouse, As thin as a rail; As fat as a porpoise, As rough as a gale; As brave as a lion, As spry as a cat; As bright as a sixpence. As weak as a rat. As proud as a peacock, As sly as a fox; As 6hy as a March hare. As strong as an ox; As 'air as a lily, As empty as air; As rich as Croesus, As cross as a. bear. As pure as an angel, As neat as a, pin; As smart. ai a steel trap, As ugly as sin; As dead as a door-nail. As white as a sheet; As fiat as a pancake, As red as a beet. As round as an apple. As black as a hat; As brown as a berry. As blind as a bat; * As mean as a miser, As full as a tick; As plunfp" as a partridge, As sharp as a stick. As clean as a penny, As dark as a pall; As hard as a millstone. As bitter as gall; As fine as a fiddle. As clear as a bell; As dry as a herring, As deep as a well. '<•> "Asvlight"ws a feather,- - .As .hard, as a rock; As stiff as a poker, As calm as a clock; As green as a gosling, As brisk as a bee; ' And "now lot me stop ' lest you weary of me.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLV, Issue 10464, 17 December 1919, Page 2 (Supplement)
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239OLD SAYINGS New Zealand Times, Volume XLV, Issue 10464, 17 December 1919, Page 2 (Supplement)
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