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by arp242
1961 days ago
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This compendium of idioms from 1925 mentions it dates to the middle ages[1] – but without any details. As an aside, I came across Proverbs 18:2, which I rather like: "A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion" (or, somewhat more poetic in KJV: "A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself"). [1]: In Dutch: https://dbnl.org/tekst/stoe002nede01_01/stoe002nede01_01_062... |
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