Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Mote and Beam

(Matt. vii. 3-5). In alio pediculum video, in te ricinum non vides (Petronius). Here pediculum means a louse, and ricinum a tyke.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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