Zenobius 6.2
He looks daggers [lit. "looks whips"]
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English
Proverb
He looks daggers [lit. "looks whips"]
Explanation
Eupolis mentions it in The Golden Race. He says: "Verily, as the saying is, he looks whips." It is said of those disposed in suspicion of coming evils.
Greek
Proverb
Σκύτη βλέπει
Explanation
μέμνηται αὐτῆς Εὔπολις ἐν Χρυσῷ γένει. Φησὶ γὰρ· Ἀτεχνῶς μὲν οὖν, τὸ λεγόμενον, σκύτη βλέπει. Εἴρηται δὲ ἐπὶ τοῖς ὑποψιαστικῶς διακειμένοις πρὸς τὰ μέλλοντα κακά.
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