pride wenteth before a fall

谚语

英文释义

谚语
  1. Alternative form of pride comes before a fall. alt-of,alternative,hypercorrect,nonstandard
    — By the time I reached the Navy my love of steam preceded me, and I became the stoker for a rickety steam cutter inherited from the Maine. Pride wenteth before a fall; I put the slice bar through one of the cutter’s tubes — and lost my job in a hasty exit over the side.
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