Note 131 — BOOK I.
T. (Tobias) Smollett translation
Pedir cotufas en el golfo, signifies to look for tartuffles in the sea; a proverb applicable to those who are too sanguine in their expectations, and unreasonable in their desires.
T. (Tobias) Smollett translation
Pedir cotufas en el golfo, signifies to look for tartuffles in the sea; a proverb applicable to those who are too sanguine in their expectations, and unreasonable in their desires.