doesn’t he? But even he’s not so clever, either.’ 1985 B. KNOX Wavecrest vii. 140 He
saw Andy Grey’s worried face and winked at him. ‘Cheer up. The devil looks after his
own.’ associates; good fortuneThe DEVIL makes his Christmas pies of lawyers’ tongues and clerks’ fingers1591 J. FLORIO Second Fruits 179 Of three things the Deuill makes his messe, Of
Lawyers tongues, of Scriveners fingers, you the third may gesse [i.e. women]. 1629 T.
ADAMS Workes 1059 Corrupt and consciencelesse lawyers you will confesse to be sharp
and wounding brambles. .. The Italians haue a shrewd prouerbe against them. The Deuill
makes his Christmas-pyes of lawyers tongues, and clerkes fingers. a 1697 J. AUBREY
Brief Lives (1898) I. 422 Sir Robert Pye, attorney of the court of wardes,.. happened to
dye on Christmas day: the newes being brought to the serjeant, said he ‘The devill haz a
Christmas pye.’ 1952 ‘E. QUEEN’ Calendar of Crime 248 Well, well, it couldn’t have
happened at a more appropriate season; there’s an old English proverb that says the Devil
makes his Christmas pies of lawyers’ tongues. 1980 Times 24 Dec. 8 The Devil makes his
Christmas-pies of television personalities’ tongues and journalists’ typing fingers: old
English proverb, adapted. honesty and dishonesty; law and lawyersThe DEVIL’s children have the Devil’s luckCf. the DEVIL looks after his own.1678 J. RAY English Proverbs (ed. 2) 126 The Devils child the Devils luck. 1721 J.
KELLY Scottish Proverbs 333 The Dee’ls Bairns have Dee’ls luck. Spoken enviously
when ill People prosper. 1798 LD. NELSON Letter 20 July (1845) III. 42 It is an old
saying, ‘the Devil’s children have the Devil’s luck.’ I cannot find.. where the French Fleet
are gone to. 1938 R. A. J. WALLING Corpse with Grimy Glove vii. They must have had
her hidden up somewhere.. and waited till after sundown to get away. The devil’s own
luck—but the devil looks after his children. 1980 G. RICHARDS Red Kill viii. The
Devil’s son has the Devil’s luck. We’re going to need that kind of luck. luckDEVIL take the hindmostA shortened version of EVERY man for himself, and devil take the hindmost. A Latin
version of this sentiment is HORACE Ars Poetica 417 occupet extremum scabies, may the itch
take the one who is last.
1620 BEAUMONT & FLETCHER Philaster V. i. What if.. they run all away, and