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| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. |
| Nice |
| As nice as a nun’s hen. | 1 |
| He is more nice than wise. | 2 |
| Nothing so nasty as a nice man. Dean Swift. | 3 |
| To undo crosses in a straw loft. (To part all the straws that they may not lie cross-wise, i.e., to be over nice.) Spanish. | 4 |
| Who is over nice loses many a slice. German. | 5 |
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