Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Lose the Horse or win the Saddle

Everything or nothing. “Aut Cæsar, aut nullus.” A man made the bet of a horse that another could not say the Lord's Prayer without a wandering thought. The bet was accepted, but before half-way through the person who accepted the bet looked up and said, “By-the-bye, do you mean the saddle also?”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Losing a Ship for a Haporth o' Tar
Lose the Day
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Related Content