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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Parsley

He has need now of nothing but a little parsley- i.e. he is dead. The Greeks decked tombs with parsley, because it keeps green a long time.

he needs parsley; that is, he is dead, and should be strewed with parsley.

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