Meaning of pride wenteth before a fall | Babel Free

Definitions

Phrase. [C2]

Examples

“By the time I reached the Navy my love of steam preceded me, and I became the stoker for a rickety steam cutter inherited from the Maine. Pride wenteth before a fall; I put the slice bar through one of the cutter’s tubes — and lost my job in a hasty exit over the side.”

“Where was my pride? Pride wenteth before a fall. The hell with pride.”

“Brock’s foot touched the plate just as he and Freehan’s mitt with the ball in it met. Normally, a tie was given to the runner, but the umpire must have believed that pride wenteth before a fall and called Brock out.”

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