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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

194 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:194
AUTHOR:John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:The wrong sow by th’ eare. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. ix.
 
Note 1.
He has the wrong sow by the ear.—Ben Jonson: Every Man in his Humour, act ii. sc. 1. [back]