a bleating sheep loses a bite
- a bleating sheep loses a bite
Opportunities are missed through too much chatter.
1599 J. MINSHEU Dialogues in Spanish 20 That sheepe that bleateth looseth a bit [mouthful].
1659 G. TORRIANO English & Italian Dict. 37 A bleating sheep loseth her pasture.
1861 T. HUGHES Tom Brown at Oxford II. vii. He said something about a bleating sheep losing a bite; but I should think this young man is not much of a talker.
1978 R. v. JONES Most Secret War xlv. I thought of reminding him [Churchill] of an adage that I had learnt from my grandfather: ‘Every time a sheep bleats it loses a nibble.’
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bleating — see the bleating of the kid excites the tiger a bleating sheep loses a bite … Proverbs new dictionary
bite — noun see a bleating sheep loses a bite every dog is allowed one bite verb see a barking dog never bites big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite them, and little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum dead men don’t bite … Proverbs new dictionary
sheep — see better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep a bleating sheep loses a bite one might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb … Proverbs new dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
lose — see what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts you cannot lose what you never had a bleating sheep loses a bite lend your money and lose your friend the sun loses nothing by shining into a puddle a tale … Proverbs new dictionary
nibble — see a bleating sheep loses a bite … Proverbs new dictionary
List of Zatch Bell! characters — The protagonists of the Zatch Bell! series. The anime and manga series Zatch Bell!, known in Japan as Konjiki no Gasshu!! (金色のガッシュ!! … Wikipedia
