hawks will not pick out hawks’ eyes
- hawks will not pick out hawks’ eyes
1573 J. SANFORDE Garden of Pleasure 104 One crowe neuer pulleth out an others eyes.
1817 SCOTT Rob Roy III. iii. I wadna..rest my main dependence on the Hielandmen—hawks winna pike out hawks’ een.—They quarrel amang them-sells..but they are sure to join..against a’ civilized folk.
1883 J. PAYN Thicker than Water III. xli. Members of his profession..while warning others of the dangers of the table, seem to pluck from them the flower Safety. (Is it..that, since hawks do not peck out hawks’ een, they know they can be cured for nothing?)
1915 J. BUCHAN Salute to Adventurers vi. I have heard that hawks should not pick out hawks’ eyes. What do you propose to gain?
1975 J. O’FAOLAIN Women in Wall xiv. The crow doesn’t pluck out the crow’s eye but poor folk bear the brunt.
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