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Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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Good Neighbours — ou Notre Dame de Grâce en français est un film canadien réalisé par Jacob Tierney, sorti en 2010. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 Distribution 4 … Wikipédia en Français
good walls make good neighbours — Your relationship with your neighbours depends, among other things, on respecting one another s privacy … The small dictionary of idiomes
good fences make good neighbours — This means that it is better for people to mind their own business and to respect the privacy of others. ( Good fences make good neighbors is the American English spelling.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
good fences make good neighbours — 1640 E. ROGERS Letter in Winthrop Papers (1944) IV. 282 A good fence helpeth to keepe peace between neighbours; but let vs take heed that we make not a high stone wall, to keepe vs from meeting. 1815 H. H. BRACKENRIDGE Modern Chivalry (rev. ed.)… … Proverbs new dictionary
good walls make good neighbours — Your relationship with your neighbours depends, among other things, on respecting one another s privacy. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** This expression means that respecting one another s privacy helps create a good relationship… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Good walls make good neighbours — Your relationship with your neighbours depends, among other things, on respecting one another s privacy … Dictionary of English idioms
good fences make good neighbours — This means that it is better for people to mind their own business and to respect the privacy of others. ( Good fences make good neighbors is the American English spelling.) </p> (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
good-neighbor — also (chiefly British English) good neighbour, adj. phrase, in reference to U.S. foreign policy, especially in Latin America, 1928, originally in Herbert Hoover. The good neighbours is Scottish euphemism for the fairies (1580s) … Etymology dictionary
good folk — obsolete the fairies These malevolent creatures had to be flattered, especially in Ireland and Scotland where they were also called the good neighbours or people: The guidfolk are not the best of archers, since the triangular flints… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
good — 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 … Proverbs new dictionary
