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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Bone

At an old bone not even a dog gnaws.Romanian.

The nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh.German, Dutch.

What is bred in the bone won’t out of the flesh.Dutch.

What is bred in the bone will out of the flesh.


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