[Editors] English proverbs

Debbie Levey levey at MIT.EDU
Thu Aug 13 15:34:27 EDT 2009


Is anyone familiar with "you cannot hide an eel in a sack" as a 
common proverb? It dates back to 1640 according to the online 
Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors, but I don't recall 
hearing or reading it in an American context.

Debbie



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