Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Need
Need … as pansies need the dew.
—Anonymous
Need a wife as much as a dog does a side-pocket.
—Francis Grose (Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue)
Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Need … as pansies need the dew.
—Anonymous
Need a wife as much as a dog does a side-pocket.
—Francis Grose (Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue)