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SAFETY in numbers
Now much more general in its application than its possible biblical source:
PROVERBS
xi.14 (AV) In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
1680
Mr. Badman
133
I verily think, (since in the multitude of Counsellors there is safety) that if she had acquainted the Congregation with it, .. she had had more peace.
1816
Emma
II. i.
She determined to call upon them and seek safety in numbers.
1914
Titan
xvii.
He was beginning to run around with other women. There was safety in numbers.
1979
This Fatal Writ
82
Julian isn't married … As far as women are concerned he seems to believe there's safety in numbers.
1997
Old Gang of Mine
xiii. 168
If Ardley was able to bring them all together in one room, and introduce them, he might get them all to testify. Safety in numbers, you know.
associates
;
security
PROVERBS
xi.14 (AV) In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
1680Mr. Badman
133
I verily think, (since in the multitude of Counsellors there is safety) that if she had acquainted the Congregation with it, .. she had had more peace.
1816
Emma
II. i.
She determined to call upon them and seek safety in numbers.
1914
Titan
xvii.
He was beginning to run around with other women. There was safety in numbers.
1979
This Fatal Writ
82
Julian isn't married … As far as women are concerned he seems to believe there's safety in numbers.
1997
Old Gang of Mine
xiii. 168
If Ardley was able to bring them all together in one room, and introduce them, he might get them all to testify. Safety in numbers, you know.
associates;
security
If SAINT Paul's day be fair and clear, it will betide a happy year
The Conversion of St. Paul is traditionally celebrated on 25 January Cf.
c
1340
ROBERT OF AVESBURY
Hist
. (1720) 266
clara dies Pauli bona tempora denotat anni
, a clear St. Paul's day denotes good times for the year.
1584
Discovery of Witchcraft
XI
.
XV
.
If Paule th'apostles daie be cleare, it dooth foreshew a luckie yeare.
1687
Gentilism & Judaism
(1881) 94
The old verse so much observed by Countrey-people: ‘If Paul's day be faire and cleare It will betyde a happy yeare.’
1846
Proverbs relating to Seasons, & c.
24
If St. Paul's day be fine and clear, It doth betide a happy year; But if by chance it then should rain, It will make dear all kinds of grain.
1975
Folklore of lsle of Man
xiii.
In January the testing day was .. the 25th: St. Paul's Day stormy and windy, Famine in the world and great death of mankind, Paul's day fair and clear, Plenty of corn and meal in the world.
weather lore
c
1340
ROBERT OF AVESBURY
Hist
. (1720) 266
clara dies Pauli bona tempora denotat anni
, a clear St. Paul's day denotes good times for the year.
1584Discovery of Witchcraft
XI
.
XV
.
If Paule th'apostles daie be cleare, it dooth foreshew a luckie yeare.
1687
Gentilism & Judaism
(1881) 94
The old verse so much observed by Countrey-people: ‘If Paul's day be faire and cleare It will betyde a happy yeare.’
1846
Proverbs relating to Seasons, & c.
24
If St. Paul's day be fine and clear, It doth betide a happy year; But if by chance it then should rain, It will make dear all kinds of grain.
1975
Folklore of lsle of Man
xiii.
In January the testing day was .. the 25th: St. Paul's Day stormy and windy, Famine in the world and great death of mankind, Paul's day fair and clear, Plenty of corn and meal in the world.
weather lore
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