Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Ancestors
The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato,—the only good belonging to him is under ground.
—Sir Thomas Overbury
Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato,—the only good belonging to him is under ground.
—Sir Thomas Overbury