| 单词 | poverty parts company |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoverty parts (good) company ΚΠ ?1406 T. Hoccleve La Mâle Règle l. 133 in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 62/1 Lak of coyn departith compaignie. c1450 MS Douce 52 in Festschrift zum XII. Neuphilologentage (1906) 54 (MED) Pouerte brekys companye. 1599 Warning for Faire Women sig. G2v If I were richer, then thou shouldst go with me, But pouertie partes company. 1678 Poor Robins Perambulation 14 As the old song says, Poverty parts good company. 1727 A. Ramsay New Misc. Scots Sangs 161 When I'm poor they bid me gang by; O! Poverty parts good Company. 1834 Ipswich Jrnl. 2 Aug. ‘Poverty parts good company’, and the Minister of State, acting upon this principle, leaves the poor farmer to his fate. 1899 Manch. Guardian 23 May 10/2 It is not true that ‘Poverty parts good company’. Co-operation has an adaptability for the poorest of the poor and for the richest of the rich. < as lemmas |
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