daws told the Post that he has no recollection of ever having spoken to Goodall—a conversation one imagines he would remember.
The world knew; his heart was on his sleeve for daws to peck at.
We do not “wear our hearts” on our sleeve “for daws to peck at!”
How they would chatter over it like a pair of daws in the same nest.
"But not for daws to peck at—that is the heart," laughed Mr. Ayrton.
He had a warm heart, although he did not wear it on his sleeve for daws to peck at.
You must not wear your heart upon your sleeve, or daws will peck at it.
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve / For daws to peck at.
Now she is gone the daws here are in possession of it once more.
"Keep clear of the daws, my son, and it does no harm," responded the Major.
early 15c., from Proto-Germanic *dakhwo (cf. Old High German taha, German Dohle), perhaps imitative of bird's cry. Medieval Latin tacula, Italian taccola are said to be Germanic loan words.
