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too much. Applied tauntingly of course. If ye dinna like what I gie ye, tak what ye brought wi' ye. If ye dinna see the bottom, dinna wade. If you do not see your way clearly through an undertaking, do not venture on it at all. If ye do nae ill, dinna be ill like: if ye steal na my kail, breakna my dike. "He that would no evil do, must do nought that's like thereto."--_English._ If ye gang a year wi' a cripple, ye'll limp at the end o't. For "Evil communications corrupt good manners." If ye had as little money as ye hae manners, ye would be the poorest man o' a' your kin. If ye'll blaw your ain whistle, ye maun uphaud the win'. If you had been anither, I would hae denied you the first word. Meaning that you are granted more indulgence than another would be if similarly situated. If ye had stuck a knife in my heart it wadna hae bled. He was so much surprised by some information. If ye hae little gear ye hae less care. If ye're nae better, ye're snoder like, quo' the wife, when she cut off the doggie's lugs. If you laugh at your ain sport, the company will laugh at you. If you lo'e me, let it kythe. That is, if you love me let it appear. If ye like the nut, crack it. If ye sell your purse to your wife, gie her your breeks to the bargain. "For if your wife command your purse, she will certainly have the mastery in everything else."--_Kelly._ If you spend muckle, put mair to the fore. If you want your business weel done, do't yoursel. If you win at that you'll lose at naething. "Spoken to them that are about an ill thing, which will undoubtedly prove to their damage."--_Kelly._ "If you winna come you'll bide," quo' Rory to his bride. It was a matter of perfect indifference whether Rory got her or not. If you would be a merchant fine, beware o' auld horses, herring, and wine. Because, proverbially speaking, the first will die, the second stink, and the third sour. I gaed through the bear-land wi' him. "This is a phrase used by a person who has gone through all the particulars of a quarrel with another, or told him all the grounds of umbrage at his conduct."--_Jamieson._ I gied his birn a hitch. Or, assisted him in a strait. "Though he bans me, I wish him well, We'll maybe meet again; I'll gie his birn a hitch, an' help To ease him o'
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