- from the sweetest wine, the tartest vinegar
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English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs . 2013.
from the sweetest wine, the tartest vinegar
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from the sweetest wine, the tartest vinegar — 1578 LYLY Euphues I. 197 As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinaigar, so the deepest loue tourneth to the deadliest hate. 1637 J. HOWELL Familiar Letters 3 Feb. (1903) II. 140 He swears he had rather see a basilisk than her [his former love] … Proverbs new dictionary
wine — see when the wine is in, the wit is out good wine needs no bush you can’t put new wine in old bottles from the sweetest wine, the tartest vinegar there is truth in wine … Proverbs new dictionary
vinegar — see honey catches more flies than vinegar from the sweetest wine, the tartest vinegar … Proverbs new dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
sweet — see with a sweet tongue and kindness, you can drag an elephant by a hair little fish are sweet revenge is sweet stolen fruit is sweet stolen waters are sweet the nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat … Proverbs new dictionary
tart — see from the sweetest wine, the tartest vinegar … Proverbs new dictionary
