Part 40 (1/2)
He'll gang to hell for house profit
He'll get the poor
He'll gie you the whistle o' your groat
He'll hae enough some day, when his mouth's fu' o' mools
”Spoken of covetous people, ill never be satisfied while they are alive”--_Kelly_
He'll hing by the lug o't
”Keep a fir does of his prey”--_Ja that ower my head
”'She would haud me nae better than the dirt below her feet,' said Effie to herself, 'were I to confess I hae danced wi' hiie Macqueen's; and she'llit ower my head that she'll tell my father, and then she wad be mistress and mair'”--_Heart of Midlothian_
He'll kythe in his ain colours yet
”He'll appear without disguise; he'll be known for the man he is”--_Jamieson_
He'll lick the white frae your e'en
”This phrase is always applied when people, with pretence of friendshi+p, do you an ill turn, as one licking a mote out of your eye makes it blood shot”--_Allan Ramsay_
He'll mak a spune or spoil a horn
”Ay, ay, we're a' subject to a downcoentleman; but I aye said he was ane o' them wad mak a spune or spoil a horn, as my father, the worthy deacon, used to say”--_Rob Roy_
He'll rows better, like sour ale in su laird of Balht company at a tihwi't, the piper o' Cupar; 'O'
whilk follies, Mr Saunderson, he'll mend, he'll mend,' pronounced the bailie 'Like sour ale in summer,' added Davie Gellatley, who happened to be nearer the conclave than they were aware of”--_Waverley_
He'll need to dree the dronach o't
He'll ne'er send you ai' a sair heart
He'll neither dance nor haud the candle
Like the dog in the er, he will neither enjoy himself, nor allow others to do so
He'll neither dee nor do weel