All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, the Glossary
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" is an old proverb that means without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring.[1]
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- English proverbs
Dictionary.com
Dictionary.com is an online dictionary whose domain was first registered on May 14, 1995.
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James Howell
James Howell (–) was a Welsh writer and historian.
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Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 – 22 May 1849) was a prolific Anglo-Irish novelist of adults' and children's literature.
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Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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The Shining (film)
The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson.
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See also
English proverbs
- A picture is worth a thousand words
- All that glitters is not gold
- All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
- All's Well That Ends Well
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away
- At Dulcarnon
- Blood is thicker than water
- Cart before the horse
- Curiosity killed the cat
- Don't cross the bridge until you come to it
- Don't judge a book by its cover
- Each one teach one
- Even a worm will turn
- Eye for an eye
- Fly in the ointment
- Give a dog a bad name and hang him
- If wishes were horses, beggars would ride
- It ain't over till the fat lady sings
- Let sleeping dogs lie
- Many a true word is spoken in jest
- Many happy returns
- Necessity is the mother of invention
- Proverbs of Hendyng
- The Moon is made of green cheese
- The Proverbs of Alfred
- The devil is in the details
- There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
- Time is money (aphorism)
- To rob Peter to pay Paul
- Trust in God and keep your powder dry
- When life gives you lemons, make lemonade
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_work_and_no_play_makes_Jack_a_dull_boy
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