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Oar

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To put your oar into my boat. To interfere with my affairs. “Paddle your own canoe, and donʹt put your oar into my boat.” “Bon homme, garde ta vache.” “Never scald your lips with another man’s porridge” (Scotch). “Croyez moi chacun son metier, et les vaches sont bien gardées.”

“I put my oar in no man’s boat.”—Thackeray.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Oak
Oak and Ash
Oak-tree
Oaks (The)
Oaks Famous in Story
Oakum
Oannes
Oar
Oars
Oasis
Oath
Oaths
Oats
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Obadiah
Obambou
Obelisk
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