Part 39 (1/2)

He has so o't

He has soon done that never dought

He has spur metal in him

He has sed a flee

He has ta'en the country on his back

A proverbial expression of the fact that a man has run away

He hastit to his end like a

He has the gift o' the gab

”'I wish,' said Du and as supple as you, and had the gift o' the gab as weel'”--_Heart of Midlothian_

He has wit at will that wi' an angry heart can sit still

He hauds baith heft and blade

That is, he has a thing entirely at his own option

He hearsna at that ear

He hears wi' his heels, as the geese do in hairst

”That is, he heard, had he been pleased to answer”--_Kelly_

He hid a bodle and thought it a hoard

He hides his meat and seeks for mair

”Spoken when covetous people pretend poverty, and conceal their wealth to plead pity”--_Kelly_

He is not a merchant bare, that hath either ood merchant may want ready money”--_Kelly_

He jurossart

”'I had quite forgotten,' said Tyrrel, 'that the inn was your own; though I remember you were a considerable landed proprietor' 'Maybe I a, 'maybe I am not; and if I be, what for no? But as to what the laird, whose grandfather was s yonder--he just jurossart'”--_St Ronan's Well_

He keeps his road weel enough wha gets rid o' ill co that opens and steeks