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Cf. earll4th‐cent. Fr. ung meschief ne vient point seul, a misfortune does not come alone. □ c1300 King. Update Jumpto Content PersonalProfile:Signin orCreate About News SubscriberServices ContactUs Help ForAuthors OxfordReference Publications Pages Publications Pages Help Subject    Archaeology Art&Architecture Bilingualdictionaries Classicalstudies Encyclopedias EnglishDictionariesandThesauri History Languagereference Law Linguistics Literature Mediastudies Medicineandhealth Music Namesstudies Performingarts Philosophy Quotations Religion Scienceandtechnology Socialsciences Societyandculture BrowseAll ReferenceType    OverviewPages SubjectReference Timelines Quotations EnglishDictionaries BilingualDictionaries BrowseAll MyContent (0) Recentlyviewed (0) SaveEntry MySearches(0) Recentlyviewed (0) SaveSearch Close TheOxfordDictionaryofProverbs(5ed.) Editedby: JohnSimpson  and JenniferSpeake Publisher: OxfordUniversityPress PrintPublicationDate: 2008 PrintISBN-13: 9780199539536 Publishedonline: 2009 CurrentOnlineVersion: 2009 eISBN: 9780191727740 FindatOUP.comGooglePreview ReadMore Highlightsearchterm Print Save Cite Emailthiscontent ShareLink Copythislink,orclickbelowtoemailittoafriend Emailthiscontent orcopythelinkdirectly: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199539536.001.0001/acref-9780199539536-e-1458 Thelinkwasnotcopied.Yourcurrentbrowsermaynotsupportcopyingviathisbutton. LinkcopiedsuccessfullyCopylink ShareThis Subscribersignin Youcouldnotbesignedin,pleasecheckandtryagain. Username PleaseenteryourUsername Password PleaseenteryourPassword Forgotpassword? Don'thaveanaccount? SigninviayourInstitution Youcouldnotbesignedin,pleasecheckandtryagain. Signinwithyourlibrarycard Pleaseenteryourlibrarycardnumber Searchwithinwork RelatedContent InthisworkAbbreviationsusedinthedictionaryBibliography ShowSummaryDetails PublishingInformation GeneralLinksforthisWork Abbreviationsusedinthedictionary Bibliography NextVersion Misfortunesnevercomesingly Source:TheOxfordDictionaryofProverbsAuthor(s):John SimpsonJohnSimpson,Jennifer SpeakeJenniferSpeakeCf.earll4th‐cent.Fr.ungmeschiefnevientpointseul,amisfortunedoesnotcomealone.□c1300King ... AccesstothecompletecontentonOxfordReferencerequiresasubscriptionorpurchase.Publicusersareabletosearchthesiteandviewtheabstractsandkeywordsforeachbookandchapterwithoutasubscription.Pleasesubscribeorlogintoaccessfulltextcontent.Ifyouhavepurchasedaprinttitlethatcontainsanaccesstoken,pleaseseethetokenforinformationabouthowtoregisteryourcode.Forquestionsonaccessortroubleshooting,pleasecheckourFAQs,andifyoucan''tfindtheanswerthere,pleasecontactus. PublishingInformation GeneralLinksforthisWork Abbreviationsusedinthedictionary Bibliography OxfordUniversityPress Copyright© 2022. Allrightsreserved. PRINTEDFROMOXFORDREFERENCE(www.oxfordreference.com).(c)CopyrightOxfordUniversityPress,2021.AllRightsReserved.Underthetermsofthelicenceagreement,anindividualusermayprintoutaPDFofasingleentryfromareferenceworkinORforpersonaluse(fordetailsseePrivacyPolicyandLegalNotice). date:11January2022 CookiePolicy PrivacyPolicy LegalNotice Credits Accessibility [159.65.142.206] 159.65.142.206 Signintoannotate Close Edit Characterlimit500/500 Delete Cancel Save @! Characterlimit500/500 Cancel Save