- don't halloo till you're out of the wood
- don't halloo till you're out of the woodKeep quiet until you are sure you are safe• • •Main Entry: ↑halloo
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
don't halloo till you're out of the wood
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don’t halloo till you are out of the wood — Do not exult until all danger or difficulty is past. Halloo literally means to shout in order to attract attention. 1770 B. FRANKLIN Papers (1973) XVIII. 356 This is Hollowing before you are out of the Wood. 1800 A. ADAMS Letter 13 Nov. (1848)… … Proverbs new dictionary
out — see out of debt, out of danger out of sight, out of mind better be out of the world than out of the fashion there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it when the gorse is out of bloom, kissing’s out of fashion … Proverbs new dictionary
wood — see fields have eyes, and woods have ears don’t halloo till you are out of the wood hunger drives the wolf out of the wood … Proverbs new dictionary
halloo — see don’t halloo till you are out of the wood … Proverbs new dictionary
Oxford 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 … Proverbs new dictionary
whistle — see don’t halloo till you are out of the wood a sow may whistle, though it has an ill mouth for it a whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men it is a poor dog that’s not worth whistling for … Proverbs new dictionary
