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• better are small fish than an empty dish — 1678 J. RAY English Proverbs 204 Better are small fish then an empty dish. 1862 A. HISLOP Proverbs of Scotland 171 Sma’ fish are better than nane. 1874 painted on cornice at Ascott House, Wing, Bucks., UK. Better are small fish than an empty dish …   Proverbs new dictionary

• empty — see empty sacks will never stand upright empty vessels make the most sound better are small fish than an empty dish don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater …   Proverbs new dictionary

• dish — see better are small fish than an empty dish revenge is a dish that can be eaten cold …   Proverbs new dictionary

• dish — noun 1 container ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ flat, shallow ▪ empty ▪ baking, roasting, serving …   Collocations dictionary

• empty — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb 1 make sth empty ADVERB ▪ completely ▪ The cupboards had all been completely emptied. ▪ out ▪ We emptied out the tank. PREPOSITION …   Collocations dictionary

• Petri dish — A Petri dish is a shallow glass or plastic cylindrical lidded dish that biologists use to culture cells. It was named after the German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921) who invented it in 1887 when working as an assistant to Robert… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Fisch — 1. Abgestandene Fisch will Gott nicht haben auf seinen Tisch. – Parömiakon, 2653. 2. Alle fische im Meere stehen Gott zu gebot. – Petri, II, 5. 3. Alle Fische schnellen den Schwanz, selbst das Alte Weib1. – Wullschlägel. 1) Name eines Fisches. –… …   Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

• Etwas — (s. ⇨ Ichts). 1. Bäter wat as gar nicks, seggt dei Düvel, un et dei Bottermelk mit dei Stakelfork. (Mecklenburg.) 2. Besser etwas als nichts. – Eyering, I, 66; Schottel, 1113b; Siebenkees, 298; Gruter, I, 8; Lehmann, 84, 81; Steiger, 298; Blum,… …   Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

• better — see better a century of tyranny than one day of chaos better a dinner of herbs than a stalled ox where hate is better a good cow than a cow of a good kind better are small fish than an empty dish better be an old man’s darling, than a young man’s …   Proverbs new dictionary

• fish — see the fish always stinks from the head downwards fish and guests smell after three days there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it all is fish that comes to the net better are small fish than an empty dish …   Proverbs new dictionary