the laborer is worthy of his hire
People deserve to be rewarded for their efforts.
“Come on then, you’ve done enough gardening for to-day. ‘The labourer is worthy of his hire’, you know. Come and be refreshed.”
worthy
/ˈwɜːði/
adj 4noun 2verb 1name 1
Collocations
7(adj.)
VERBS
be, seem | consider sth, deem sth, judge sth, think sth
ADV
most, very, well | entirely, wholly
hardly, scarcely
That old laptop is hardly worthy of the price they're asking for it.
enough
The scholarship program seemed worthy enough to donate our time and resources to it.
PREP
of
Her volunteer work at the community center is truly worthy of recognition.
Definitions
adj
1
Having worth, merit, or value.
These banished men that I have kept withal / Are men endued with worthy qualities
This worthy mind should worthy things embrace.
2
Admirable or honourable.
that such iron moulds as these shall have autority to knaw out the choicest periods of exquisitest books, and to commit such a treacherous fraud against the orphan remainders of worthiest men after death, the more sorrow will belong to that haples race of men, whose misfortune it is to have understanding.
3
Deserving, or having sufficient worth.
1 And I saw in þe right hand of him that sate on the Throne, a booke written within, & on the backeside, sealed with seuen seales. 2 And I saw a strong Angel proclaiming with a loude voice; Who is worthy to open the booke, and to loose the seales thereof? 3 And no man in heauen, nor in earth, neither vnder the earth, was able to open the booke, neither to looke thereon. 4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open, and to reade the booke, neither to looke thereon.
[I]t is a deed of higheſt charitie to help undeceive the people, and a vvork vvorthieſt your autoritie, […]
4
Suited; suitable; befitting.
No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway.
[…] whose shoes I am not worthy to bear.
noun
1
A distinguished or eminent person.
That worthy one day, in our absence, being caught in the act of culpable talpicide, was rebuked by his mistress for disobeying his master's orders.
2
a good, wise and virtuous person.
Confucius and Mencius are revered as the Sages and Worthies of Confucianism.
verb
1
To render or treat as worthy.
And put upon him such a deal of man, That worthied him, got praises of the king […]
After having duly paid his addresses to it, he generally spends some time on the marble slab in front of the looking-glass, but without showing the slightest emotion at the sight of his own reflection, or worthying it with a song.
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Idioms & Phrases
the labourer is worthy of his hire
Alternative form of the laborer is worthy of his hire.
Example Bank
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These banished men that I have kept withal / Are men endued with worthy qualities
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This worthy mind should worthy things embrace.
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that such iron moulds as these shall have autority to knaw out the choicest periods of exquisitest books, and to commit such a treacherous fraud against the orphan remainders of worthiest men after de
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That worthy one day, in our absence, being caught in the act of culpable talpicide, was rebuked by his mistress for disobeying his master's orders.
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Confucius and Mencius are revered as the Sages and Worthies of Confucianism.
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And put upon him such a deal of man, That worthied him, got praises of the king […]
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