IF A MUSSEL DOESN'T OPEN DON'T EAT IT

Meaning of IF A MUSSEL DOESN'T OPEN DON'T EAT IT in English

if you force things to happen you may regret it, leave well enough alone If you force a child to talk, you may regret it. As they say, If a mussel doesn't open, don't eat it.

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IF A MUSSEL DOESN'T OPEN DON'T EAT IT — if you force things to happen you may regret it, leave well enough alone If you force a child to …
English Idioms vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
T — I. ˈtē noun ( plural t's or ts ˈtēz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 20th letter …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
T — (also t ) / tiː; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] ( pl. Ts , T's , t's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
T — T BrE AmE , t /tiː/ ( plural T’s , t’s ) noun 1 . [uncountable and countable] the 20th …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
T — I сокр. от temperature температура II сокр. от tension напряжение; натяжение III сокр. от t - true истинный 20-я буква …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
T — сущ.; мн. Ts, T's двадцатая буква англ. алфавита mark with a T ист. ≈ выжигать вору клеймо в виде буквы …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
T — n ( pl Ts, t's ti:z ) 1. 20-я буква английского алфавита 2. 1> серийный номер 20 или 19 2> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
T — n ( pl Ts, t's [ti:z] ) 1. 20-я буква английского алфавита 2. 1) серийный номер 20 или 19 2) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
T — n ( pl Ts, t's [ti:z] ) 1. 20-я буква английского алфавита 2. 1) серийный номер 20 или 19 2) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
T — n ( pl Ts, t's ti:z ) 1. 20-я буква английского алфавита 2. 1> серийный номер 20 или 19 2> …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
T — n ( pl Ts, t's ti:z ) 1. 20-я буква английского алфавита 2. 1> серийный номер 20 или 19 2> …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
T — I ti мн. - Ts, T's tiz двадцатая буква англ. алфавита; T - прописная, t - строчная - dot one's …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
T — I [«Ђ] мн. - Ts, T's [«ЂЄ] двадцатая буква англ. алфавита; T - прописная, t - строчная - dot one's i's and cross …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
T — сущ.; мн. Ts, T's двадцатая буква англ. алфавита mark with a T ист. ≈ выжигать вору клеймо в виде буквы …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
T — I сокр. от temperature температура II сокр. от tension напряжение; натяжение III сокр. от t - true истинный 20-я буква …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
IT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DON — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Don Juan don't expect miracles ▪ Don’t expect miracles. A hairdresser can't make a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MUSSEL — musle, mitil
English interlingue dictionary
MUSSEL — noun Etymology: Middle English muscle, from Old English muscelle, from Vulgar Latin *muscula, from Latin musculus muscle, ~ Date: before …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MUSSEL — Any of numerous bivalve species of either the marine family Mytilidae, found worldwide, or the freshwater superfamily Unionacea, called naiads, …
Английский словарь Британика
DON — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Buell Don Carlos DeLillo Don Don Juan Don Pacifico Affair Don River {{link=McNeill Don">McNeill …
Английский словарь Британика
OPEN — I. ˈōpən, esp before consonants -p ə m adjective ( opener -p(ə)nə(r) ; openest -p(ə)nə̇st) Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IF — I. (ˌ)if, _əf, f, chiefly dial (|)ef conjunction Etymology: Middle English yif, if, from Old English gif; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EAT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DON — I. ˈdän noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish, from Latin dominus, master, lord — more at dame 1. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUSSEL — noun also mus·cle ˈməsəl ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English muscle, from Old English muscelle, muscle, musle; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUSSEL — (n.) Any one of numerous species of Unio, and related fresh-water genera; -- called also river mussel. See Naiad, and …
Английский словарь Webster
MUSSEL — (n.) Any one of many species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Mytilus, and related genera, of the family …
Английский словарь Webster
MUSSEL — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of Unio, and related fresh-water genera; -- called also river mussel. See …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUSSEL — ( n. ) Any one of many species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Mytilus, and related genera, of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OPEN — — openly , adv. — openness , n. /oh"peuhn/ , adj. 1. not closed or barred at the time, as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MUSSEL — /mus"euhl/ , n. any bivalve mollusk, esp. an edible marine bivalve of the family Mytilidae and a freshwater clam of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
IF — /if/ , conj. 1. in case that; granting or supposing that; on condition that: Sing if you want to. Stay …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EAT
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DON — /don/ ; for 1 also Russ. /dawn/ , n. 1. a river flowing generally S from Tula in the Russian …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DON — don 1 /don/ ; Sp., It. /dawn/ , n. 1. ( cap. ) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MUSSEL — n. edible bivalve mollusk
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OPEN — I. ˈō-pən, -p ə m adjective ( open·er ˈōp-nər, ˈō-pə- ; open·est ˈōp-nəst, ˈō-pə-) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EAT
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MUSSEL — noun Etymology: Middle English muscle, from Old English muscelle, from Vulgar Latin * muscula, from Latin musculus muscle, mussel Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OPEN — vi to bark on scent or view of the game. 2. open ·adj produced by an open string; as, an …
Webster English vocab
MUSSEL — noun any one of numerous species of unio, and related fresh-water genera; called also river mussel. ·see naiad, and …
Webster English vocab
EAT — of eat. 2. eat ·vi to make one's way slowly. 3. eat ·vi to taste or relish; as, it eats …
Webster English vocab
DON — vt to put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with. 2. don ·noun sir; mr; signior; a …
Webster English vocab
MUSSEL — ■ noun 1》 a marine bivalve mollusc with a dark brown or purplish-black shell. [ Mytilus edulis ( edible ~ …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DON — ~ 1 ■ noun 1》 Brit. a university teacher, especially a senior member of a college at Oxford or Cambridge. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
OPEN — [open] adj open.er ; open.est [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG offan open, OE up up] (bef. 12c) 1: having …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MUSSEL — [mus.sel] n [ME muscle, fr. OE muscelle, fr. (assumed) VL muscula, fr. L musculus muscle, mussel] (bef. 12c) 1: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EAT — [eat] vb ate ; eat.en ; eat.ing [ME eten, fr. OE etan; akin to OHG ezzan to eat, L edere, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DON — [don] vt donned ; don.ning [ME, contr. of do on] (14c) 1: to put on (an article of clothing) 2: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DON — [Don] abbreviation Donegal
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MUSSEL — any of numerous bivalve mollusks belonging to the marine family Mytilidae and to the freshwater superfamily Unionacea. Worldwide in distribution, …
Britannica English vocabulary
MUSSEL — mussel BrE AmE ˈmʌs ə l ▷ mussel|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DON — don, Don BrE AmE dɒn AmE dɑːn —See also phrases with this word ▷ donned dɒnd AmE dɑːnd ▷ donning …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OPEN — / ˈəʊpən; NAmE ˈoʊ-/ adjective , verb , noun ■ adjective NOT CLOSED 1. allowing things or people to go …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUSSEL — / ˈmʌsl; NAmE / noun a small shellfish that can be eaten, with a black shell in two parts •• …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IF — / ɪf; NAmE / conjunction , noun ■ conjunction 1. used to say that one thing can, will or might …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EAT — / iːt; NAmE / verb ( ate / et; NAmE ; especially NAmE eɪt/, eaten / ˈiːtn; NAmE /) 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OPEN
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MUSSEL — mus ‧ sel /ˈmʌs ə l/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: muscelle , from Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
IF — I. if 1 S1 W1 /ɪf/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: gif ] 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EAT — eat S1 W1 /iːt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense ate /et, eɪt $ eɪt/, past participle eaten /ˈiːtn/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DON — I. don 1 /dɒn $ dɑːn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Language: Italian ; Origin: a respectful …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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