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Measure Other People's Corn
To measure other people's corn by one's own bushel. To judge of
others by oneself. In French, “Mesurer les autres à son aune;”
in Latin, “Alios suo modulo metiri.”
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Measure Other People's Corn from Infoplease:
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