Labourer is Worthy of his Hire
In Latin: “Digna canis pabulo.” “The dog must be bad
indeed that is not worth a bone.” Hence the Mosaic law, “Thou shalt not
muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn.”
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Labourer is Worthy of his Hire from Fact Monster:
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