it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog
- it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog
An excuse to justify a harsh action or opinion is easy to find.
1564 T. BECON Works I. C5v Howe easye a thyng it is to fynde a staffe if a man be mynded to beate a dogge.
1581 G. PETTIE tr. S. Guazzo’s Civil Conversation III. 50 It is an easie matter to finde a staffe to beate a dog.
1782 F. HOPKINSON Miscellaneous Essays I. 266 A proverb..naturally occurs on this occasion: It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog.
1875 S. SMILES Thrift xiv. Excuses were abundant... It is easy to find a stick to beat a sick dog.
1908 Times Literary Supplement 6 Nov. 391 The reviewer seems..predisposed to the view that any stick is good enough to beat a dog with.
1987 Washington Times 30 Apr. 11A When you want to beat a dog, any stick will do.
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