A Dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

the sense from the implied equivalence of Paris with Heaven.

1858 O. W. HOLMES Autocrat of Breakfast-Table vi. To these must certainly be

added that other saying of one of the wittiest of men: ‘Good Americans, when they die,

go to Paris.’ 1894 O. WILDE Woman of no Importance 1.1.16 They say.. that when good

Americans die they go to Paris. 1932 T. SMITH Topper takes Trip xxi. We are those good

Americans who come to Paris when they die. 2002 Times Literary Supplement 22 Mar. 23

‘Like any other city.. Big, noisy, crowded.’ You don’t have to believe that Paris is worth a

Mass or the place where good Americans go to die to disagree. death; just deserts

and see if IFS and ands were pots and pans, there’d be no work for tinkers’ hands.

angel see FOOLS rush in where angels fear to tread.

anger see never let the SUN go down on your anger.

angry see a HUNGRY man is an angry man.

ANOTHER day, another dollar
Quot. 1897 links the form more days, more dollars to sailors being paid by the day: the longer
the voyage the greater the financial reward. Later uses suggest that another day, another
dollar occurs as world-weary comment on routine toil to earn a living. It has also generated a
quantity of by-forms.

1897 J. CONRAD Nigger of ‘Narcissus’ (1955) v. 114. The common saying, ‘More

days, more dollars,’ did not give the usual comfort because the stores were running short.

1957 D. ERSKINE & P. DENNIS Pink Hotel (1958) 8 “Nother sleepless night,’ Mr.

Baldwin said. ‘Heard the clock strike four again.’ ‘That’s a shame, Mr. Baldwin,’ Mary

said. She yawned and stretched, knowing that her landlord was about to say Another Day,

Another Dollar. 1992 J. E. DOMINGUEZ& V. ROBIN Your Money or Your Life v. 157

For those opting for Financial Independence it reinforces the awareness that work is no

longer about ‘another day, another dollar.’ 1993 Time International 18 Jan. 4 Another

day, another deadline. And another backdown by Saddam Hussein, for what seems like

the zillionth time. 2002 Times 2 10 Jan. 7 And I haven’t even mentioned.. Bobby Fischer,

stripped of his title by Fide in 1975 (another decade, another squabble), but never

defeated, and still only 58. action and consequence; work

answer see ASK a silly question and you get a silly answer; a CIVIL question deserves a