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Old 29-Nov-2006, 07:01
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Default Are they English Proverbs?

I'm wondering if the following sentences are English Proverbs? If so, anyone can give me the exact meaning of each?

A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.

He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad.

He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find his stick.
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Old 29-Nov-2006, 19:06
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I'm wondering if the following sentences are English Proverbs? If so, anyone can give me the exact meaning of each?

A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.

He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad.

He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find his stick.
I've never heard them.
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Default Re: Are they English Proverbs?

There is a Yiddish one : those who wish to beat a dog will soon find a stick.

The nearest English one is "Give a dog a bad name and hang him".
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