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

Meat

All meat is not the same in every man’s mouth.

Broth made of cheap meat is insipid.Turkish.

God sendeth and giveth both mouth and the meat.Tusser.

Much meat, much maladies.

Ne’er shaw me the meat but the man.

No meat ever remains in the shambles however bad it may be.Italian.

One man’s meat is another man’s poison.

Strangers’ meat is the greatest treat.Danish.

That meat relishes best which costs nothing.

The wholesomest meat is at another man’s cost.

To a full belly all meat is bad.Italian.

Upon what meat does this our Cæsar feed,
That he is grown so great.Shakespeare.

What is one man’s meat is another man’s poison.

Where they eat your meat let them pick your bones.Spanish.

You canna fare well but you cry roast meat.