单词 | be not a baker if your head be made of butter |
释义 | > as lemmasbe not a baker if your head be made of butter P2. be not a baker if your head be made of butter and variants: do not attempt an undertaking for which you are ill-suited. Now rare. ΚΠ a1633 G. Herbert Outlandish Prov. (1640) sig. B4v Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter. 1722 New-England Courant 1-8 Jan. The old Proverb, Be not a Baker if your Head be made of Butter, is very applicable to your self. 1858 Country Gentleman 13 Sept. 179/2 ‘Be not a baker if your head be made of butter,’ is an old proverb expressing sound practical philosophy, and is widely applicable to many young men beginning life at the plow-handles. 2017 MailOnline (Nexis) 18 Mar. The presenter's feelings are simply not the point: as a mad old proverb from my childhood goes: ‘Be not a baker if your head be made of butter!’ < as lemmas |
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