half-raise

Updated: June 21, 2025

I let it go on slowly, and if I have taken anything on the fork, I only half-raise it up, and then I rest just a quarter of an hour until I quite throw it in. It is enough and to spare if I take out a cartful in the day. I have no fancy for killing myself with work." The sixth said, "Shame on ye; I am afraid of no work, but I lie down for three weeks, and never once take my clothes off.

Jacob Grimm - Household Tales by Brothers Grimm