📚 proverb • entry_id 47192
ne'er cast a clout till May be out
/nɛə ˌkɑːst‿ə ˈklaʊt tɪl ˌmeɪ biː ˈaʊt/
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abriles y condes, los más traidores • si quieres criarte gordito y sano, la ropa del invierno gasta en verano
Do not change from winter clothes to summer clothes until June, as there is often a sudden cold snap in May.
Leave not off a Clout, / Till May be out.
There is another ungracious rhyme about this favourite month of the poets— / Till May be out / Change na a clout: / That is, thin not your winter-clothing till the end of May—a goo…
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