When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
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When Adam delved, and Eve span, where was then the gentleman?
Proverbs and old sayings English
Where honour grows a span, folly grows an ell.
Proverbs and old sayings German about honour
An inch of a nag is worth a span of an aver.
Proverbs and old sayings
Drive out the inch as thou hast done the span.
Proverbs and old sayings
Dree out the inch when ye have thoi'd the span.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
If you are offered a span, do not take a couple of yards.
Proverbs and old sayings about couple, contentment
