An ill-favoured thing sir, but mine ownAn ill-favoured thing sir, but mine ownMeaning: Literal meaning - it may not be good, but it's the best I have to offer.
Example: Origin: From Shakespeare's As You Like It, 1599:
TOUCHSTONE: God 'ild you, sir; I desire you of the like. I press in here, sir, amongst the rest of the country copulatives, to swear and to forswear: according as marriage binds and blood breaks: a poor virgin, sir, an ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine own; a poor humour of mine, sir, to take that that no man else will: rich honesty dwells like a miser, sir, in a poor house; as your pearl in your foul oyster. Phrases Index | ||
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