threatened men live long
threatened men live long proverbial saying, mid 16th century (earlier in an early 14th-century French source); meaning that threats are often not put into effect, and those who express resentment are actually much less dangerous than those who conceal animosity.
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beggar a person who lives by asking for money or food.
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