Example sentences for: guid

How can you use “guid” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The hypocrite was neatly described as Hit's ill for da kettle crook tae ca da kettle black , while ` Caff [chaff] aye flees heicher [flies higher] dan guid coarn summed up a false friend who deserts one in trouble.

  • A native caution is typical of many, like Better da ill kent [known] as da guid untried , which roughly parallels the old saying Better the devil you know... but expressed rather more forcefully.

  • Many of these ancient proverbs would provide excellent New Year's resolutions, but perhaps the best of them advises us to live one day at a time without so much worrying: It's a guid day at pitts aff da nicht!

  • The sheer toil experienced by most Shetlanders is another source of proverbs: Every man's back is shapit for his ain burden ; and A moothful is as guid as a belly fu firmly reminds of the days of real want.


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