the more you stir it the worse it stinks
- the more you stir it the worse it stinks
1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs II. vi. The more we stur a tourde, the wours it will stynke.
1639 J. CLARKE Parœmiologia Anglo-Latina 200 The more you stirre it the worse it stinkes.
1706 P. A. MOTTEUX tr. Cervantes’ Don Quixote II. xii. The more ye stir, the more ’twill stink.
1929 T. COBB Crime without Clue xx. The more we stir the worse it stinks, inspector. One would never imagine there were so many shady histories in this harmless-looking village.
1971 H. VAN DYKE Dead Piano iv. I could tell you... But like my mama always used to say, ‘The more you stir shit, the more it stinks.’
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worse — see go further and fare worse nothing so bad but it might have been worse the more you stir it the worse it stinks … 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
stink — see the fish always stinks from the head downwards fish and guests smell after three days the more you stir it the worse it stinks … Proverbs new dictionary
wrong — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I adj. immoral (see wrong); mistaken, unfactual; unsuitable, improper. See error, disagreement. n. evil, harm, injury. See wrong, malevolence. II Deviation from moral right Nouns 1. wrong, wrongfulness … English dictionary for students
