the sweetest wine makes the sharpest vinegar

the sweetest wine makes the sharpest vinegar
from the sweetest wine, the tartest vinegar

English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs . 2013.

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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

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