it is a long lane that has no turning
- it is a long lane that has no turning
Commonly used as an assertion that an unfavourable situation will eventually change for the better.
1633 Stationers’ Register (1877) IV. 273 (ballad) Long runns that neere turnes.
1670 J. RAY English Proverbs 117 It’s a long run that never turns.
1732 T. FULLER Gnomologia no. 2863 It is a long Lane that never turns.
1748 RICHARDSON Clarissa IV. xxxii. It is a long lane that has no turning—Do not despise me for my proverbs.
1945 F. P. KEYES River Road VIII. xxxvii. ‘You’re through in politics, Gervais. You might just as well face it.’.. ‘It’s a long lane that has no turning.’
2002 Country Life 11 Apr. 117 ‘It’s a long road that doesn’t have to turn some time,’ says Mr Plant, who intends to continue sheep farming, like his father and grandfather before him.
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it's a long lane that has no turning — ► it s a long lane that has no turning proverb change is inevitable. Main Entry: ↑lane … English terms dictionary
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lane — n. 1 a narrow, often rural, road, street, or path. 2 a division of a road for a stream of traffic (three lane highway). 3 a strip of track or water for a runner, rower, or swimmer in a race. 4 a path or course prescribed for or regularly followed … Useful english dictionary
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Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Introduction — The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs provides a general history of proverbs in common use in Britain in the last two hundred years. Some of the proverbs have been in use throughout the English speaking world for many years; others… … Proverbs new dictionary
