winter never rots in the sky
- winter never rots in the sky
1621 J. HALL Contemplations XIII in Recollections 32 God..chooses out a fit season for the execution; As we vse to say of winter, the iudgements of God doe neuer rot in the skie, but shall fall (if late, yet) surely.
1670 J. RAY English Proverbs 42 Winter never rots in the sky.
1817 W. BENTLEY Diary 24 Jan. (1914) IV. 434 ‘Winter does not rot in the sky.’ We have a deep snow and for the first time this season the Earth is completely covered.
1959 Boston Herald 13 Mar. 42 Winter never rots in the sky, says the old proverb.
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sky — see if the sky falls we shall catch larks red sky at night, shepherd’s delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning winter never rots in the sky … Proverbs new dictionary
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rot — see one for the mouse, one for the crow, one to rot, one to grow winter never rots in the sky … Proverbs new dictionary
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