If you must eat a peck of dirt before you die how big is a peck?

'Why then, here's some Dirt in my Tea-cup.'‥'Poh! you must eat a Peck of Dirt before you die.' [1738 Swift Polite Conversation i. 48]

If you do not wash your hands after coming in from gardening work.

A saying from the 18th Century meaning that everyone has to endure something unpleasant during their lifetime

This proverb means we must endure a good deal that we don't like

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