, and ance at Maggie Macqueen's; and she'll
maybe hing it ower my head that she'll tell my father, and then she
wad be mistress and mair.'"--_Heart of Midlothian._

He'll kythe in his ain colours yet.

"He'll appear without disguise; he'll be known for the man he
is."--_Jamieson._

He'll lick the white frae your e'en.

"This phrase is always applied when people, with pretence of
friendship, do you an ill turn, as one licking a mote out of your
eye makes it blood shot."--_Allan Ramsay._

He'll mak a spune or spoil a horn.

"Ay, ay, we're a' subject to a downcome. Mr Osbaldistone is a gude
honest gentleman; but I aye said he was ane o' them wad mak a spune
or spoil a horn, as my father, the worthy deacon, used to
say."--_Rob Roy._

He'll mend when he grows better, like sour ale in summer.

"The young laird of Balmawhapple, ... he had no imperfection but
that of keeping light company at a time; such as Jinker the
horse-couper, and Gibby Gaethroughwi't, the piper o' Cupar; 'O'
whilk follies, Mr Saunderson, he'll mend, he'll mend,' pronounced
the bailie. 'Like sour ale in summer,' added Davie Gellatley, who
happened to be nearer the conclave than they were aware
of."--_Waverley._

He'll need to dree the dronach o't.

He'll ne'er send you awa wi' a sair heart.

He'll neither dance nor haud the candle.

Like the dog in the manger, he will neither enjoy himself, nor allow
others to do so.

He'll neither dee nor do weel.

Sarcastically applied to people who may be peevish or fretful
through ill health.

He'll neither haud nor bind.

"'Then, if ye maun hae't, the folk in Lunnun are a' clean wud about
this bit job in the north here.' 'Clean wood! what's that?' 'Ou,
just real daft--neither to haud nor to bind--a' hirdy girdy--clean
through ither--the deil's ower Jock Wabster.'"--_Rob Roy._

"A proverbial phrase expressive of violent excitement, whether in
respect of rage, or of folly, or of pride; borrowed, perhaps, from
the fury of an untamed beast, which cannot be so long _held_ that it
may be _bound_ with a rope."--_Jamieson._

He'll neither hup nor wine.

Of similar import to the preceding. _Hup_ and _wine_ are two words
used in guiding plough and cart horses.

He'll never rue but ance, and that'll be a' his life.

"Ride down to Portanferry, and let nae grass grow at the