the law; it is not SPRING until you can plant your foot upon twelve daisies; a STITCH in time
saves nine.
NO cross, no crownCross is used here punningly as in CROSSES are ladders that lead to heaven.1609 T. BRETNOR Almanac March Good days A crosse before a Crowne. 1621 F.
QUARLES History of Queene Ester: Meditations ix. The way to Blisse lyes not on beds
of Downe, And he that had no Crosse, deserues no Crowne. 1669 W. PENN (title) No
Cross no Crown. 1944 ‘A. GILBERT’ Death at Door (1945) xiii. 135 They were always at
loggerheads, those two. No Cross, No Crown, that’s their motto. 1996 L. ANDREWS
Sinister Side vii. 123 He sighed piteously. ‘I suppose I’ll have to hang on for it.’ ‘No
cross, no crown, Julian.’ He realised he had overplayed the martyr. misfortuneNO cure, no payThe expression is known principally from its use on Lloyd’s of London’s Standard Form of
Salvage Agreement; cf. the earlier no purchase, no pay and similar proverbs.
1800 J. COBB Ramah Droog I iv You’ll never have reason to complain of my want
of confidence. Besides, the worst come to the worst.. ‘No cure, no pay.’ 1836 W. C.
RISLEY Early Victorian Squarson 13 (16 Dec.).. a travelling doctor of smoaking
chimneys.. made his appearance here. I agreed to buy his skill.. on the principle of No
Cure, No Pay. 1907 A. R. KENNEDY Treatise.. Law of Civil Salvage (ed. 2) 270
(heading) Salvage agreement on basis of Lloyd’s standard form of ‘no cure—no pay’
agreement. 1933 Reports of Tax Cases (Inland Revenue) XVII. 352 The charges of those
accountants.. were made on the ‘No cure, no pay’ principle. 1982 Listener 6 May 10 The
divers.. will earn their money. .. If they find nothing, they will receive nothing. .. No cure,
no pay. just desertsNO foot, no horseIn North America as no hoof, no horse.1751 J. BRIDGES (title) No Foot, No Horse. An essay on the anatomy of the foot of..
a horse. 1893 A. T. FISHER The Farrier or ‘No Foot, No Horse’ 2 ‘No foot, no horse’