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Headword: *(/ama e)/pos, a(/ma e)/rgon
Adler number: alpha,1462
Translated headword: no sooner said than done
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A proverb in reference to those who accomplish [something] quickly and swiftly.
Greek Original:
*(/ama e)/pos, a(/ma e)/rgon: paroimi/a e)pi\ tw=n taxe/ws kai\ o)ce/ws a)nuome/nwn.
Notes:
Zenobius 1.77, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1307.
Again under iota 88.
Keywords: daily life; proverbs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 9 June 2000@07:41:53.
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Catharine Roth (Added note.) on 3 September 2000@01:18:54.
David Whitehead (added note and keyword) on 5 July 2002@03:53:03.
David Whitehead (tweaked headword and tr) on 16 October 2006@05:25:38.
David Whitehead (x-ref; cosmetics) on 11 February 2012@08:10:49.
David Whitehead on 16 August 2012@10:26:09.
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