general support. 1980 G. BLAKISTON Woburn & Russells v. Bedford, who was against
the death penalty for Stratford, sought to moderate the violent opinions of some of his
fellow peers, the Earl of Essex being heard to declare vehemently: ‘stone dead hath no
fellow’. death; finalitystool see BETWEEN two stools one falls to the ground. stop see when you are in a HOLE,
stop digging.
storm see AFTER a storm comes a calm; ANY port in a storm; the SHARPER the storm,
the sooner it’s over.
One STORY is good till another is told1593 R. GREENE Mamillia II. 222 One tale is alwayes good vntil another is heard. a
1661 T. FULLER Worthies (Kent) 65 One story is good till another is heard. 1769 Boston
Gazette 24 Apr. 2 The proverb, however homely it may be, will be allow’d by impartial
men to be just, that ‘one story is good, till another is told.’ 1831 MACAULAY in
Edinburgh Review Jan. 515 A theory is not proved.. because the evidence in its favour
looks well at first sight. .. ‘One story is good till another is told!’ 1922 JOYCE Ulysses
121 One story good till you hear the next. good things; noveltystory see also until the LIONS produce their own historian,.. ; every PICTURE tells a
story.
Put a STOUT heart to a stey braeA Scottish proverb also used as a metaphorical phrase. A stey brae is a ‘steep slope’.a 1585 A. MONTGOMERIE Cherry & Sloe (1821) xxxvi. So gets ay, that sets ay,
Stout stomackis to the brae. 1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 287 Set a stout Heart to a
stay Brea. Set about a difficult Business with Courage and Constancy. 1821 J. GALT
Annals of Parish i. I began a round of visitations; but oh, it was a steep brae that I had to
climb, and it needed a stout heart. For I found the doors.. barred against me. 1916 J.
BUCHAN Greenmantle xii. He.. shouted to me.. to ‘pit a stoot hert tae a stey brae’. 1937
S. SCOTT Crazy Murder Show v. Like the walls of Jericho, their resistance will
eventually crumble if you peg away long enough. A stout heart to a stey brae, as my
Inverness grandmother used to say. boldness; perservance