blew Enron away was a warm breeze from Eden. misfortuneill see also BAD news travels fast; EVIL doers are evil dreaders; EVIL to him who evil
thinks; it’s ill speaking between a FULL man and a fasting; he that LIVES in hope dances to
an ill tune; it is ill SITTING at Rome and striving with the Pope; a SOW may whistle, though
it has an ill mouth for it; never SPEAK ill of the dead; also BAD.
IMITATION is the sincerest form of flattery1820 C. C. COLTON Lacon I. 113 Imitation is the sincerest of flattery. 1843
SURTEES Handley Cross I. xv. Imitation is the sincerest of flattery. 1940 E. PAYNE
Malice Domestic 13 Penny’s [clothes] all seemed to be homemade copies of the
expensive models her sister wore... Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery but.. I
wondered whether there might not be more to it. 2001 Washington Post 8 Sept. C11 It has
been said that ‘imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,’ but being stalked and copied
can indeed be frightening. imitationimpossible see the DIFFICULT is done at once.impression see FIRST impressions are the most lasting.IN for a penny, in for a pound1695 E. RAVENSCROFT Canterbury Guests v. i. It concerns you to.. prove what
you speak. .. In for a Penny, in for a Pound. 1815 SCOTT Guy Mannering III. vii.
Sampson .. thought to himself, in for a penny in for a pound, and he fairly drank the
witch’s health in a cupfull of brandy. 1841 DICKENS Old Curiosity Shop II. lxvi. Now,
gentlemen, I am not a man who does things by halves. Being in for a penny, I am ready as
the saying is to be in for a pound. 1979 P. NIESEWAND Member of Club viii. ‘Do you
want to go and have a look, sir?’.. ‘Why not?.. In for a penny, in for a pound.’ 2001 Oldie
Nov. 66 Have you ever suggested that you take the children away for a few days or even a
week—in for a penny, in for a pound—after Christmas or near their birthdays? action
and consequence; perseverance; riskinclined see as the TWIG is bent, so is the tree inclined.inconvenience see POVERTY is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience.