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Cages were changed daily and a sieve was used to measure spilt food.
The eight English proverbs cited above thus have respective equivalents as follows: Plus valet manibus passer quam sub dubio grus It is better to have a sparrow in the hand than a crane in doubt; Sero quam nunquam melius Better late than never, literally Late than never better; Sic fuit, est et erit: similis similem sibi quaerit Thus it was, is and will be; like seeks like for itself: notice the rhyme; Currens per prata non est lepus esca parata A hare running through the meadows is not a ready meal: a nice variation on the bear and his skin; Donati non sunt ora inspicienda caballi Gift horses do not need their mouths looking into: Scopae recentiores semper meliores New brooms are always best; Factum infectum fieri nequit A deed not done cannot happen: a negative equivalent to the English positive What is done cannot be undone as an alternative to the spilt milk; Roma non fuit una die condita (but of course, of course).
Hard to say what that means, except stinging eyes, and besides, using half of each of two clichés is simply spilt milk off a duck's back on troubled waters: isn't it “spit and polish” and “piss and vinegar?”
But there is a hazard coming up: It is no use crying over spilt milk (F) Ce qui est fait est fait What is done is done; (G) Was geschehen ist, ist geschehen What has happened, has happened; (R) \?\ What has been written with the pen cannot be hacked out with an axe; (S) A lo hecho, pecho To what has been done, courage [literally breast].
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