proverb · Source-linked selection
If the grass grow in Janiveer, It grows the worse for't all the year.
If the grass grow in Janiveer, It grows the worse for't all the year.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
The saying claims that grass growing in January will fare worse through the rest of the year. A favourable-looking early sign is given an adverse long-term meaning.
What the words are saying
Janiveer supplies the month, and all the year supplies the unusually broad consequence. It can illustrate a warning against assuming that an early appearance predicts lasting success. Yet the specific adverse relationship is not verified here. A useful reading keeps both the calendar claim and the analogy provisional rather than predicting a crop’s future from the verse.
Everyday example
A group distinguishes a promising early sign from evidence of lasting progress without assuming that the sign must actually cause decline.
When to use it
Use it to examine an early-growth warning as seasonal lore.
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What it does not mean
The verse does not establish a year-long outcome for actual grass or another undertaking.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
Entry 719 · Grass
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.
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