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8g. — Prépositions. 1. You gazed at the moon and fell in the gutter. 2. Give even the devil his due. 3. A deluge of words and a drop of sense. 4. Every dog, is a lion at home. 5. Bring not a bagpipe to a man in trouble. 6. He is a fool that is wiser abroad than at home. 7. Up with it, if it be but a gallon. 8. Upon St David’s day, put oats and barley in the clay. 9. To jump at it like a cock at a gooseberry. 10. To give a mouthful of sunshine. 90. — Préposition (autre série d’exemples). 1. Cloudy mornings may turn into clear afternoons. 2. To Iick honey through a cleft stick. 3. The devil is behind the glass. 4. Pride goes before and shame cornes after. 5. To corne a day after the fair. 6. Things above thy height are to be looked at, not reached at. ~j. Blow not against the hurricane. 8. Without a friend the world is a wilderness. 9. Keep your tongue between your teeth. 10. When the wine is in, the wit is ont. 91. — Préposition (3e série d’exemples). 1. Try the ice before you venture upon it. 2. The foot on the cradle and the hand on the distaff is the sign of a good house wife. 3. He looks like a dog under a door. 4. As the man said to him on the tree top; make no more haste when you corne down than when you went up. 5. Two may keep counsel, putting one away. 6. Where you see a jester, a fool is not far off. 7. Ail between the cradle and the coffin is uncertain. 8. Honest as the cat when the méat is out of reach. g. A word before is worth two after. 10. A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool. 92. — Préposition avec régime, ou Verbe au participe présent. 1. Fraise not the ford till you are safe over. 2. A watched pan is long in boiling.