digging see when you are in a HOLE, stop digging.DILIGENCE is the mother of good luck1591 W. STEPNEY Spanish Schoolmaster L2V Diligence is the mother of good
fortune. La diligencia es madre de la buena ventura. 1736 B. FRANKLIN Poor Richard’s
Almanack (Feb.) Diligence is the mother of good Luck. 1875 S. SMILES Thrift ix.
Diligence is the mother of good luck. .. A man’s success in life will be proportionate to
his efforts. 1972 B. EMECHETA In Ditch vi. Where do people get a system that allows a
man to be better off when out of work?.. People.. used to say that diligence was the
mother of fortune. diligence; luckdinner see AFTER dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile; BETTER a dinner of
herbs than a stalled ox where hate is.
Throw DIRT enough, and some will stickPersistent slander will eventually pass for truth. Cf. L. calumniare fortiter, et aliquid
adhaerebit, slander strongly and some will stick.
1656 Trepan 34 She will say before company, Have you never had the French Pox?
speak as in the sight of God: let them Reply what they will, some dirt will stick. 1678 B.
R. Letter to Popish Friends 7 ‘Tis a blessed Line in Matchiavel—If durt enough be
thrown, some will stick. 1705 E. WARD Hudibras Redivivus II. 11 Scurrility’s a useful
Trick, Approv’d by the most Politic; Fling Dirt enough, And some will stick. 1857 T.
HUGHES Tom Brown’s Schooldays I. viii. Whatever harm a.. venomous tongue could do
them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough and some of it is sure to stick.
2000 P. LOVESEY Reaper xvi. 201 ‘We both know Owen is full of wind and piss.’ ‘The
trouble is not everyone knows that. Throw enough mud, and some will stick.’ malice;
slanderdirt see also we must EAT a peck of dirt before we die.DIRTY water will quench fireMainly used to mean that a man’s lust can be satisfied by any woman, however loose or