Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Fits
By fits and girds (starts), as an ague takes a goose.
—John Ray (Handbook of Proverbs, 1670)
Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
By fits and girds (starts), as an ague takes a goose.
—John Ray (Handbook of Proverbs, 1670)