he that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing
- he that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing
c 1470 in Wright & Halliwell Reliquiœ Antiquœ (1841) I. 316 He that fast spendyth must nede borowe; But whan he schal paye ayen, then ys al the sorowe.
1545 R. TAVERNER tr. Erasmus’ Adages (ed. 2) 46v He that goeth a borowynge goeth a sorowynge.
1836 MARRYAT Midshipman Easy I. viii. You had made your request for the loan..fully anticipating a refusal, (from the feeling that he who goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing).
1925 S. O’CASEY Juno & Paycock III. 84 Ah, him that goes a borrowin’ goes a sorrowin’!.. An’ there isn’t hardly a neighbour in the whole street that hasn’t lent him money on the strength of what he was going to get.
1995 American Spectator Feb. 82 Who goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing. Yes, the balanced-budget amendment is sort of a dumb idea, because it can so easily be evaded by cunning congressional accounting.
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borrowing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Obtaining temporary possession of Nouns 1. borrowing; mortgaging, financing, raising money; pawning, pledging, hypothecation. Slang, hitting up. See acquisition. 2. appropriation, use, taking, adoption;… … English dictionary for students
a-sorrowing — see he that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing … Proverbs new dictionary
a-borrowing — see he that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing … 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
go — see go abroad and you’ll hear news of home go further and fare worse easy come, easy go light come, light go quickly come, quickly go he that would go to sea for pleasure, would go to hell for a pastime … Proverbs new dictionary
Borgen — 1. Borg das halb, so wirst nit betrogen. Lat.: Summa cape, et medium habebis. (Sutor, 33.) 2. Borg vil, vnd lass dich nichts dawren, lauff aus der Statt vnd guck vber die mawren. – Henisch, 455. 3. Borge welt bezahlt sîn. (Aachen.) – Firmenich, I … Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon
borrow — see the early man never borrows from the late man he that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing … Proverbs new dictionary
sorrow — see one for sorrow, two for mirth; three for a wedding, four for a birth help you to salt, help you to sorrow he that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing … Proverbs new dictionary
