every herring must hang by its own gill
- every herring must hang by its own gill
Individuals are accountable for their own actions.
1609 S. HARWARD MS (Trinity College, Cambridge) 85 Lett every herring hang by his owne tayle.
1639 J. CLARKE Parœmiologia Anglo-Latina 20 Every herring must hang by th’owne gill.
1670 J. RAY English Proverbs 102 Every herring must hang by its own gill... Every man must give an account for himself.
1865 SURTEES Facey Romford’s Hounds xxi. One man is no more a criterion for another man than one horse is a criterion for another... Every herring must hang by its own head.
1890 T. H. HALL CAINE Bondman II. ii. Adam, thinking as little of pride, said No, that every herring should hang by its own gills.
1998 Times 16 June 22 You believe, like Bill Tilman who sailed leaky pilot cutters up Greenland fjords until he was 80, that ‘every herring should hang by its own tail.’
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