| 单词 | after cheese comes nothing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasafter cheese comes nothing ΚΠ 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 136 After cheese comes nothing. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vi. 354 Courtiers..scrambled for themselves out of Chantery-revenues, as knowing this was the last dish of the last course, and after Chanteries, as after cheese, nothing to be expected. 1680 V. Alsop Mischief Impositions vii. 58 Patience worn to the Stumps, and all Endeavours out of breath; for after Cheese and Canon comes Nothing. 1715 E. Baynard in J. Floyer & E. Baynard Ψυχρολουσια (ed. 4) iv Cold Baths are the Epilogue of the Play, the last Dish of the Feast; for after Cheese comes nothing. 1745 Merry Medley II. 84 Let us that are Butchers Wives go first, For after Meat comes Cheese, but after Cheese comes nothing. 1866 C. Reade Griffith Gaunt vii, in Atlantic Monthly Feb. 229/1 I pridefully walked out before Mistress Davies, the rich cheesemonger's wife... I said ‘Nothing comes after cheese.’ < as lemmas |
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