steady see FULL cup, steady hand; SLOW and steady wins the race.One man may STEAL a horse, while another may not look over a hedgePeople may take different degrees of liberty depending on our opinion of them.1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs II. ix. K4 This prouerbe.. saith, that some
man maie steale a hors better, Than some other maie stande and loke vpone. 1591 LYLY
Endymion III. iii. Some man may better steale a horse, then another looke ouer the hedge.
1670 J. RAY English Proverbs 128 One man may better steal a horse, then another look
over the hedge. If we once conceive a good opinion of a man, we will not be perswaded
he doth any thing amiss; but him whom we have a prejudice against, we are ready to
suspect on the sleightest occasion. 1894 J. LUBBOCK Use of Life ii. ‘One man may steal
a horse, while another may not look over a hedge’.. because the one does things
pleasantly, the other disagreeably. 1921 A. BENNETT Things that have interested Me
315 Strange how one artist may steal a horse while another may not look over a hedge.
1957 R. WEST Fountain Overflows xi. Fancy him caring for her after all these years.
Particularly when she treated him the way she did. But there, some people can steal a
horse, and others aren’t allowed to look over the gate. reputationsteal see also HANG a thief when he’s young, and he’ll no’ steal when he’s old; it’s a SIN
to steal a pin.
steed see while the GRASS grows, the steed starves.One STEP at a time1853 C. M. YONGE Heir of Redclyffe II. i. One step at a time is all one wants. 1901
R. KIPLING Kim vi. It’s beyond me. We can only walk one step at a time in this world.
1919 J. BUCHAN Mr. Standfast xvi. I did not allow myself to think of ultimate escape...
One step at a time was enough. 1986 M. SLUNG More Momilies 69 One step at a time is
all it takes to get there. caution; patience and impatiencestep see also it is the FIRST step that is difficult; the LONGEST journey begins with a
single step; from the SUBLIME to the ridiculous is only a step.