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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—N

Naboth's Vineyard

The possession of another coveted by one able to possess himself of it. (1 Kings xxi. 1-10.)

“The little Manor House property had always been a Naboth's vineyard to his father.” —Good Words, 1887.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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