1640 G. HERBERT Outlandish Proverbs no. 605 The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
1952 C. R. SHORT Devil’s Power 111 Tony Gowar grunted. He was thinking of an old proverb he had read in a seventeenth-century book of proverbs in his father’s library: ‘The fat man knoweth not what the lean thinketh!’
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fat — see the fat man knoweth not what the lean thinketh a green Yule makes a fat churchyard the opera isn’t over till the fat lady sings … Proverbs new dictionary
lean — see the fat man knoweth not what the lean thinketh … 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
know — see to know all is to forgive all you should know a man seven years before you stir his fire what you don’t know can’t hurt you know thyself you never know what you can do till you try better th … Proverbs new dictionary
think — see think first and speak afterwards think global, act local think twice, cut once evil to him who evil thinks great minds think alike the fat man knoweth not what the lean thinketh … Proverbs new dictionary
