Literal meaning.
Literal meaning.
This expression derives from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Nights Dream, 1598:
LYSANDER:
Ay me! for aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history,
The course of true love never did run smooth;
But, either it was different in blood.
See also: the List of Proverbs.
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