The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (10 page)
Read The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs Online
Authors: John Andrew Simpson,
BOOK: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
3.7Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
always
Good AMERICANS when they die go to Paris
The person alluded to in quot. 1858 was Thomas Gold Appleton (1812–84).
1858
Autocrat of Breakfast-Table
vi.
To these must certainly be added that other saying of one of the wittiest of men: ‘Good Americans, when they die, go to Paris.’
1894
Woman of no Importance
I. 1. 16
They say .. that when good Americans die they go to Paris.
1932
Topper takes Trip
xxi.
We are those good Americans who come to Paris when they die.
death
;
just deserts
1858Autocrat of Breakfast-Table
vi.
To these must certainly be added that other saying of one of the wittiest of men: ‘Good Americans, when they die, go to Paris.’
1894
Woman of no Importance
I. 1. 16
They say .. that when good Americans die they go to Paris.
1932
Topper takes Trip
xxi.
We are those good Americans who come to Paris when they die.
death;
just deserts
Other books
The Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
Soul Corrupted by Lisa Gail Green
Semper Fi by Keira Andrews
Don't You Forget About Me by Jenkins, Suzanne
Behind the Pine Curtain by Gerri Hill
To Catch An Heiress by Julia Quinn
Heiress Without a Cause by Sara Ramsey
Blooming by Fletcher, Peyton
The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd
Cooking Your Way to Gorgeous by Scott-Vincent Borba
