| 单词 | safe bind safe find |
| 释义 | > as lemmassafe bind (and) safe find P5. Proverb. safe bind (and) safe find: a possession always left secure will always be found safe. Cf. sense 11. Now rare. ΚΠ 1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 32 Drye Sunne or drye wynde..Safe binde and safe finde. 1718 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 293 Safe bind, Says the old Proverb, and Safe find. 1775 Adventures of Corkscrew ii. 24 I have seen enough of the world to know the signfication of the words, Safe bind, safe find. 1841 Roberts' Semi-monthly Mag. 1 Sept. 635/1 I do not know that I might not steal them myself, if they were not my own. Safe bind safe find, Master Morin... I never leave any one in my shop when I am out of it. 1938 H. F. M. Prescott Dead & not Buried x. 110 One of those who believe that they who safe bind, safe find. One lock, two bolts and a chain had to be dealt with. 1953 J. Coulson tr. F. Dostoevsky Crime & Punishm. ii. iv. 130 It will be better if I keep the things: safe bind, safe find; and if something happens,..I can hand them in. 2005 A. Jaimoukha Chechens xvi. 243 Safe bind, safe find. Caution is the parent of safety. < as lemmas |
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