Citations:not grow on trees

English citations of not grow on trees

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• 1946, Jack Palmer, Jimmy R. Dupre (lyrics and music), “Love Doesn't Grow on Trees”, in Pity The Poor Lobster / Love Doesn't Grow On Trees‎^[1] (Shellac record, 10", 78 RPM), performed by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra, Columbia, 37077 (CO36658):

  I give you my love
  And love doesn’t grow on trees
  I give you my heart
  So please put my heart at ease

• 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 32:

  ‘Cook-housekeeper jobs don’t grow on trees,’ went on the woman, ‘leastways not where you can keep a youngster with you.’

• 1967, Willie Clarke, Johnny Pearsall (lyrics and music), “True Love Don’t Grow on Trees”, in Sings Sweet Soul!‎^[2], performed by Helene Smith, Miami, USA: Deep City Records, LP 1001:

  But I think you should know
  Before you let love go
  That true love just don't grow
  On trees

• 1975 September, “Teaching your kids to manage money”, in Changing Times: The Kiplinger Magazine, volume 29, number 9, page 39:

  Today’s money worries certainly should make it easier for parents to teach their children that money doesn’t grow on trees.

• 2018 February 2, Tyler Orton, “‘Fuel-cell experts don’t grow on trees’: Ottawa pledges $670k to industry group”, in Business Vancouver:

  The reason why they’re so interested in what we have here is fuel-cell experts don’t grow on trees and it’s relatively high-level expertise you need.