Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Stay (Noun)
Stand at a stay; like a stale at chess, where it is no mate, but yet the game can not stir.
—Francis Bacon
Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Stand at a stay; like a stale at chess, where it is no mate, but yet the game can not stir.
—Francis Bacon