there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
1there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle — ► there s many a good tune played on an old fiddle proverb someone s abilities do not depend on their being young. Main Entry: ↑tune …
2there’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle — a 1902 S. BUTLER Way of All Flesh (1903) lxi. Beyond a haricot vein in one of my legs I’m as young as ever I was. Old indeed! There’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle. 1979 N. FREELING Widow xxx. He looked at her casually... ‘Not all that …
3there’s many a good cock come out of a tattered bag — The proverb is derived from cockfighting. Similar in sentiment is: 1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 7 An ill Cow may have a good Calf. Bad People may have good Children. 1883 C. S. BURNE Shropshire Folklore xxxvi. There’ll come a good cock out of… …
4tune — ► NOUN ▪ a melody or melodious piece of music. ► VERB 1) adjust (a musical instrument) to the correct or uniform pitch. 2) adjust (a radio or television) to the frequency of the required signal. 3) adjust (an engine) or balance (mechanical parts) …
5tune — 01. We need someone to [tune] our piano it sounds terrible. 02. I know the [tune] to that song, but I don t know the words. 03. Do you know how to [tune] a guitar? 04. You should check your car on a regular basis to make sure that it is properly… …
6good — see if you can’t be good, be careful a good beginning makes a good ending there’s many a good cock come out of a tattered bag no good deed goes unpunished he is a good dog who goes to church the good die young …
7old — see old habits die hard you cannot put an old head on young shoulders old sins cast long shadows old soldiers never die better be an old man’s darling, than a young man’s slave you cannot catch old birds with chaff …
8tune — see why should the devil have all the best tunes? a dripping June sets all in tune when the furze is in bloom, my love’s in tune there’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle he that lives in hope dances to an ill tune …
9many — see many a little makes a mickle many a mickle makes a muckle there’s many a slip between cup and lip many are called but few are chosen many hands make light work there’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle …
10fiddle — see there’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle …