Calm weather in June sets corn in tune.
Meaning: Settled conditions in early summer allow corn to establish strong roots and flourish through critical growth stages.
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 Wisdom
- On Candlemas day throw candle and candle-stick away. — After winter's darkest stretch passes, discard what sustained you through scarcity; abund…
- Be captain of your own ship. — Assume responsibility for directing your life's course rather than passively accepting ot…
- Don't run away with more than you can carry. — Greed beyond capacity leads to dropping everything and gaining nothing.
- Tis easy to build castles in the air. — Imagination costs nothing, but translating dreams into reality requires effort and resour…
- Rolling in cash he can't use, like a cat in a corn-bin. — Abundance becomes worthless when it's fundamentally unsuited to one's nature or needs.
- The cat is hungry when a crust contents her. — Extreme hunger makes even the poorest sustenance—a mere crust—seem like a satisfying meal.
From our idioms
- Ramener sa fraise — To butt in or show off uninvited.
- To bite off more than you can chew — To take on more than you can handle.
- Caught between a rock and a hard place — Stuck between two equally bad options.