cock on his own dunghill
1every cock will crow upon his own dunghill — Everyone is confident or at ease when on home ground. Cf. SENECA Apocolocyn tosis vii. gallum in suo sterquilinio plurimum posse, the cock is most powerful on his own dunghill; the work is a satire on Claudius’ deification at death, and Seneca is …
2cock — see every cock will crow upon his own dunghill there’s many a good cock come out of a tattered bag the robin and the wren are God’s cock and hen; the martin and the swallow are God’s mate and marrow …
3dunghill — see every cock will crow upon his own dunghill …
4Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …
5every — see every little helps every man for himself every man for himself, and devil take the hindmost every man for himself, and God for us all every man has his price every man is the architect of his own fortune …
6Hahn — im Korbe sein: unter lauter weiblichen Personen der einzige Mann sein; Hauptperson, Liebling sein, viel gelten. ›Korb‹ meint hier entweder den ganzen Hühnerhof oder den Korb, in dem die Hühner zu Markt getragen werden. Man mag auch an die heute… …
7Hahn — 1. A Höön as Bäs üübh san ânj Njoksstâl. (Amrum.) – Haupt, VIII, 352, 36; Johansen, 150. Ein Hahn ist Meister auf seinem eigenen Misthaufen. 2. Alle Hahnen müssen einen Kamm haben. – Simrock, 4222. 3. Alte Hähne sind bös zu pflücken. Holl.: Oude… …
8всяк петух на своем пепелище хозяин — На своем пепелище и курица скребет. В своих углах не староста указчик. Ср. Der Hahn ist kühn auf seinem Mist. Every cock is proud on his own dunghill. Un coq est bien fort sur son fumier. Ср. M. l ambassadeur, j ai toujours été le maître chez moi …
9Всяк петух на своем пепелище хозяин — Всякъ пѣтухъ на своемъ пепелищѣ хозяинъ. На своемъ пепелищѣ и курица скребетъ. Въ своихъ углахъ не староста укащикъ. Ср. Der Hahn ist kühn auf seinem Mist. Every cock is proud on his own dunghill. Un coq est bien fort sur son fumier. Ср. M.… …
Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)
10crow — noun see on the first of March, the crows begin to search hawks will not pick out hawks’ eyes one for the mouse, one for the crow, one to rot, one to grow verb see every cock will crow upon his own dunghill a …
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