A good dog deserves a good bone.
Meaning: Faithful service and loyalty merit worthy rewards and recognition.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
More proverbs about Morality
- It's a bad dog that deserves not a crust. — Even those with flaws deserve basic sustenance and kindness rather than complete abandonm…
- Better an empty house than a bad tenant. — An absent home causes less damage than one inhabited by someone destructive or unreliable.
- Enough is as good as a feast. — Contentment with sufficiency brings the same satisfaction as abundance without the excess.
- A bad excuse is better than none at all. — Offering some explanation, however flawed, preserves dignity better than silent admission…
- A single fact is worth a ship-load of argument. — Concrete evidence settles disputes more effectively than prolonged debate or rhetoric alo…
- Fair and softly go far in a day. — Steady, moderate effort sustains progress better than rushed, forceful action that exhaus…
From our idioms
- faire baiser les verges — To force someone you have mistreated to beg your pardon.
- retourner l’estomac — To disgust or sicken someone, to make them feel nauseous.
- remonter plus haut — To begin a story or explanation at an earlier point in time to clarify or better illumina…