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even
event
EVERY little helps
Cf.
1590
G. MEURIER
Deviz Familiers
A6
peu ayde
,
disçoit le formy
,
pissant en mer en plein midy
, every little helps, said the ant, pissing into the sea at midday.
1602
Letters
(1906) 118
The wrenn sayde all helpte when she—in the sea.
1623
Remains concerning Britain
(ed. 3) 268
Euery thing helpes, quoth the Wren when she pist i' the sea.
1787
in
Collections of Massachusetts Hist. Society
(1877) 5th Ser. II. 477
A guinea is a guinea, and every little helps.
1840
Poor Jack
xiii.
It's a very old saying, that every little helps …Almost all the men were on the larboard side.
1980
Death & Pregnant Virgin
xxii.
‘I'll see if we can't put it off a day or two.’ ‘Every little helps.’
assistance
;
great and small
1590
G. MEURIER
Deviz Familiers
A6
peu ayde
,
disçoit le formy
,
pissant en mer en plein midy
, every little helps, said the ant, pissing into the sea at midday.
1602Letters
(1906) 118
The wrenn sayde all helpte when she—in the sea.
1623
Remains concerning Britain
(ed. 3) 268
Euery thing helpes, quoth the Wren when she pist i' the sea.
1787
in
Collections of Massachusetts Hist. Society
(1877) 5th Ser. II. 477
A guinea is a guinea, and every little helps.
1840
Poor Jack
xiii.
It's a very old saying, that every little helps …Almost all the men were on the larboard side.
1980
Death & Pregnant Virgin
xxii.
‘I'll see if we can't put it off a day or two.’ ‘Every little helps.’
assistance;
great and small
EVERY man for himself
See also the later expanded forms in the next two proverbs.
c
1386
Knight's Tale
1. 1182
At the kynges court, my brother, Ech man for hymself, ther is noon oother.
1478
Letter
20 May in
Paston Letters
(1976) II. 427
Your moder .. hath made her wyll, the wyche ye shall understond more when I com, for ther is every man for hym selff.
1678
English Proverbs
(ed. 2) (Scottish) 366
Every man for himself (quoth the Merteine).
1795
Letter
6 June in
Virginia Magazine of Hist. & Biography
(1922) XXX. 224
The old adage might well be applied in many cases. Every man for himself.
1974
Other Paths to Glory
II. vi.
It was pretty much every man for himself. But I was hit quite early on.
self-preservation
c1386
Knight's Tale
1. 1182
At the kynges court, my brother, Ech man for hymself, ther is noon oother.
1478
Letter
20 May in
Paston Letters
(1976) II. 427
Your moder .. hath made her wyll, the wyche ye shall understond more when I com, for ther is every man for hym selff.
1678
English Proverbs
(ed. 2) (Scottish) 366
Every man for himself (quoth the Merteine).
1795
Letter
6 June in
Virginia Magazine of Hist. & Biography
(1922) XXX. 224
The old adage might well be applied in many cases. Every man for himself.
1974
Other Paths to Glory
II. vi.
It was pretty much every man for himself. But I was hit quite early on.
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