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There is REASON in the roasting of eggs
There is reason behind every action, however odd it may seem.
1659
Proverbs
(English) 12
Ther's reason in rosting of Eggs.
1785
Journal of Tour of Hebrides
24 (
note
)
Every man whatever is more or less a cook, in seasoning what he himself eats.—Your definition is good, said Mr. Burke, and I now see the full force of the common proverb, ‘There is reason in roasting of eggs.’
1867
Last Chronicle of Barset
II. lxxv.
But there's reason in the roasting of eggs, and .. money is not so plentiful .. that your uncle can afford to throw it into the Barchester gutters.
1915
In Mr. Knox's Country
ix.
I seemed to myself merely an imbecile, sitting in heavy rain, staring at a stone wall. Half an hour, or more, passed. ‘I'm going out of this,’ I said to myself defiantly; ‘there's reason in the roasting of eggs.’
(Cf.
1949
I capture Castle
iii.
Mother said: ‘There's reason in everything and Thomas ought to be in bed.’
)
idiosyncrasy
1659Proverbs
(English) 12
Ther's reason in rosting of Eggs.
1785
Journal of Tour of Hebrides
24 (
note
)
Every man whatever is more or less a cook, in seasoning what he himself eats.—Your definition is good, said Mr. Burke, and I now see the full force of the common proverb, ‘There is reason in roasting of eggs.’
1867
Last Chronicle of Barset
II. lxxv.
But there's reason in the roasting of eggs, and .. money is not so plentiful .. that your uncle can afford to throw it into the Barchester gutters.
1915
In Mr. Knox's Country
ix.
I seemed to myself merely an imbecile, sitting in heavy rain, staring at a stone wall. Half an hour, or more, passed. ‘I'm going out of this,’ I said to myself defiantly; ‘there's reason in the roasting of eggs.’
(Cf.
1949
I capture Castle
iii.
Mother said: ‘There's reason in everything and Thomas ought to be in bed.’
)
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