John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
118 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 118 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | She is nether fish nor flesh, nor good red herring. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. x. |
| Note 1. Neither fish nor flesh, nor good red herring.—Sir H. Sheres: Satyr on the Sea Officers. Tom Brown: Æneas Sylvius’s Letter. John Dryden: Epilogue to the Duke of Guise. [back] |