The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (208 page)
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adversity;
friends
friend
When all FRUIT fails, welcome haws
Often used specifically of a person who takes of necessity an older or otherwise unsuitable lover.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
350
When all Fruit fa's welcome ha's … Spoken when we take up with what's coarse, when the good is spent.
1914
Folk of Furry Farm
vii.
‘Lame of a leg, and grey in the head!.. That's a fancy man for a girl to take!’ ‘Marg was none too young herself .. and when all fruit fails, welcome haws! She wanted someone.’
1958
Borstal Boy
III. 266
So even the excommunicated will do, when it's not easy to get anyone else. When all fruit fails, welcome haws.
necessity
;
old age
1721Scottish Proverbs
350
When all Fruit fa's welcome ha's … Spoken when we take up with what's coarse, when the good is spent.
1914
Folk of Furry Farm
vii.
‘Lame of a leg, and grey in the head!.. That's a fancy man for a girl to take!’ ‘Marg was none too young herself .. and when all fruit fails, welcome haws! She wanted someone.’
1958
Borstal Boy
III. 266
So even the excommunicated will do, when it's not easy to get anyone else. When all fruit fails, welcome haws.
necessity;
old age
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