PRIDE MUST TAKE A PINCH

Meaning of PRIDE MUST TAKE A PINCH in English

One must endure the minor pains and hardships one encounters while being made pretty. A proverb. "Mother," Sue cried, "stop pulling my hair!" "Just a moment, young lady," the mother answered, while combing her hair. "Don't you know that pride must take a pinch?"

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PRIDE MUST TAKE A PINCH — One must endure the minor pains and hardships one encounters while being made pretty. - A proverb. * /"Mother," Sue …
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PRIDE MUST TAKE A PINCH — One must endure the minor pains and hardships one encounters while being made pretty. - A proverb. * /"Mother," Sue …
Словарь английских идиом
TAKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRIDE — I. ˈprīd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English pride, prude, prute, from Old English prȳte, prȳde pride, from prūt, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PINCH — I. ˈpinch verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English pinchen, from (assumed) Old North French pinchier; akin to Old French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUST — I. (|)məs(t) verb ( present & past all persons must ) Etymology: Middle English moste (past indicative & subjunctive of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PINCH — (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.
Английский словарь Webster
MUST — (v. i. / auxiliary) To be morally required; to be necessary or essential to a certain quality, character, end, or …
Английский словарь Webster
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRIDE — — prideful , adj. — pridefully , adv. — pridefulness , n. — prideless , adj. — pridelessly , adv. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PINCH — — pinchable , adj. /pinch/ , v.t. 1. to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MUST — must 1 /must/ , auxiliary verb. 1. to be obliged or bound to by an imperative requirement: I must keep …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRIDE — I. ˈprīd noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English prȳde, from prūd proud — more at proud Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PINCH — I. ˈpinch verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French * pincher, pincer Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. : to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MUST — I. məs(t), ˈməst verb ( present & past all persons must ) Etymology: Middle English moste, from Old English mōste, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
PRIDE — noun show; ostentation; glory. 2. pride ·vi to be proud; to glory. 3. pride ·noun a small european lamprey (petromyzon …
Webster English vocab
PINCH — noun pian; pang. 2. pinch ·vt to plait. 3. pinch ·vi to take hold; to grip, as a dog does. …
Webster English vocab
MUST — noun mustiness. 2. must ·add. ·noun an elephant in must. 3. must ·add. ·noun the condition of frenzy. 4. must …
Webster English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRIDE — [pride] n [ME, fr. OE pryde, fr. prud proud--more at proud] (bef. 12c) 1: the quality or state of being …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PINCH — [pinch] vb [ME, fr. (assumed) ONF pinchier, fr. (assumed) VL pinctiare] vt (14c) 1 a: to squeeze between the finger …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MUST — [must] vb, pres & past all persons must [ME moste, fr. OE moste, past indic. & subj. of motan to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRIDE — pride, Pride BrE AmE praɪd ▷ prided ˈpraɪd ɪd -əd ▷ prides, Pride's praɪdz ▷ priding ˈpraɪd ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRIDE — / praɪd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun PLEASURE / SATISFACTION 1. [ U , sing. ] pride (in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PINCH — / pɪntʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb WITH THUMB AND FINGER 1. [ vn ] to take a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUST — modal verb , noun ■ modal verb / məst; NAmE ; strong form mʌst/ ( negative must not , short …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRIDE — I. pride 1 S3 W3 /praɪd/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: pryde , from prud 'proud' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PINCH — I. pinch 1 /pɪntʃ/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: From an unrecorded Old North French pinchier ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MUST — I. must 1 S1 W1 /məst; strong mʌst/ BrE AmE modal verb ( negative short form mustn’t ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRIDE — n. & v. --n. 1 a a feeling of elation or satisfaction at achievements or qualities or possessions etc. that …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PINCH — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. a grip (esp. the skin of part of the body or of another person) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MUST — v. & n. --v.aux. (3rd sing. present must; past had to or in indirect speech must) (foll. by infin., or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRIDE — n. & v. n. 1 a a feeling of elation or satisfaction at achievements or qualities or possessions etc. that …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PINCH — v. & n. v. 1 tr. a grip (esp. the skin of part of the body or of another person) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MUST — v. & n. v.aux. (3rd sing. present must; past had to or in indirect speech must) (foll. by infin., or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
PRIDE — n. & v. --n. 1. a a feeling of elation or satisfaction at achievements or qualities or possessions etc. that …
Oxford English vocab
PINCH — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. a grip (esp. the skin of part of the body or of another person) …
Oxford English vocab
MUST — 1. v. & n. --v.aux. (3rd sing. present must; past had to or in indirect speech must) (foll. by infin., …
Oxford English vocab
TAKE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRIDE — ( prides, priding, prided) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Pride is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PINCH — ( pinches, pinching, pinched) 1. If you pinch a part of someone’s body, you take a piece of their skin …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUST- — Must- is added to verbs such as ‘see’, ‘have’, or ‘read’ to form adjectives and nouns which describe things that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUST — The noun is pronounced /mʌst/. ( musts) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRIDE — (~s, priding, ~d) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Pride is a …
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PRIDE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PINCH — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES pinch of salt (= a very small amount ) ▪ a pinch of salt …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MUST — I. modal verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I (have to/must) confess (= used when admitting something you feel slightly embarrassed …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRIDE — (RESPECT FOR YOURSELF) [noun] [U] - your feelings of your own worth and respect for yourselfShe has too much pride …
Cambridge English vocab
PINCH — [noun] [C usually singular]He gave her a playful pinch on the bottom.(UK and ANZ) At a pinch/(US) In a pinch …
Cambridge English vocab
MUST — (NECESSARY) [auxiliary verb] [+ infinitive without to] he/she/it must - used to show that it is necessary or very important …
Cambridge English vocab
PRIDE — Synonyms and related words : Olympian detachment, Olympian loftiness, acedia, anger, army, arrogance, arrogantness, assumption of superiority, assurance, assuredness, avarice, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUST
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRIDE — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: CONCEIT 2, egoism, egotism, self-consequence, self-glory, self-importance, self-opinion, self-pride, swellheadedness, vainglory Related Words: bighead, cockiness, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PRIDE — I. noun 1. Synonyms: conceit 2, egoism, egotism, self-consequence, self-glory, self-importance, self-opinion, self-pride, swellheadedness, vainglory Related Word: bighead, cockiness, overconfidence, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRIDE
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PINCH — I. noun Pinch is used before these nouns: ↑ runner II. verb ADVERB ▪ gently , lightly ▪ playfully ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

American Idioms English vocabulary

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