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English origin
English originApril borrows three days of March, and they are ill.
Meaning: Early spring often turns wintry again, as harsh as the month just past.
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.
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