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ne o' them. Keep hame, and hame will keep you. Keep out o' his company that cracks o' his cheatery. Shun the company of him who boasts of his cunning. Keep something for a sair fit. "Keep something for a rainy day."--_English._ Keep the feast till the feast day. Keep the head and feet warm, and the rest will tak nae harm. Keep the staff in your ain hand. Keep woo, and it will be dirt; keep lint, and it will be silk. "Lint mellows and improves by keeping, but wool rots."--_Kelly._ Keep your ain fish-guts to your ain sea-maws. "'Why, Mrs Heukbane,' said the woman of letters, pursing up her mouth, 'ye ken my gudeman likes to ride the expresses himsel--we maun gie our ain fish-guts to our ain sea-maws--it's a red half-guinea to him every time he munts his mear.'"--_The Antiquary._ Keep your ain cart-grease for your ain cart-wheels. Of similar meaning to the preceding proverb. Keep your breath to cool your parritch. Applied to people who are angry without cause, or exercising undue authority. "The only wiselike thing I heard ony body say, was decent Mr John Kirk of Kirk-knowe, and he wussed them just to get the king's mercy, and nae mair about it. But he spak to unreasonable folk--he might just hae keepit his breath to hae blawn on his porridge."--_Heart of Midlothian._ Keep your gab steekit when ye kenna your company. Be silent or cautious in speaking when in the company of strangers. Keep your kiln-dried taunts for your mouldy hair'd maidens. "A disdainful return to those who are too liberal with their taunts."--_Kelly._ Keep your mocks till ye're married. Keep your mouth shut and your een open. Keep your tongue a prisoner, and your body will gang free. Keep your tongue within your teeth. Kenn'd folk's nae company. Ken when to spend and when to spare, and ye needna be busy, and ye'll ne'er be bare. Ken yoursel, and your neighbour winna misken you. Kindle a candle at baith ends, and it'll soon be done. Kindness comes o' will; it canna be coft. Kindness is like cress-seed, it grows fast. Kindness will creep where it canna gang. Kings and bears aft worry their keepers. "Witness the tragical end of many courtiers."--_Kelly._ Kings are kittle cattle to shoe behint. "'Kittill to scho behind,' not to be depended on; not worthy of trust."--_Jamieson._ King's cheese
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