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