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Headword:
Akolôi
ta
cheilê,
ou
sukôi
busai
Adler number: alpha,920
Translated headword: to stuff the lips with a crumb (and) not with a fig
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The saying advises dealing with problems vigorously.
Greek Original:Akolôi ta cheilê, ou sukôi busai: parenguai ho logos errômenôs chrêsthai tois pragmasin.
Note:
The 'saying' itself is repeated (out of alphabetical order) at
alpha 949. Note, however, that in
Appendix Proverbiorum 1.13 it appears with the same gloss but in a substantively different form:
a)ko/llhta xei/lh ou) su/kw| bu/seis, "you do not stuff glued-up lips with a fig".
Keywords: daily life; food; imagery; proverbs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 25 March 2000@03:55:08.
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