“Little Bo-Peep”

Cultural  

1. A nursery rhyme:

   Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,

   And can't tell where to find them;

   Leave them alone, and they'll come home,

   Wagging their tails behind them.

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Example Sentences

“Little Bo-Peep did not lose her sheep.”

From Literature

The legal and mental-health activists opposed to civil commitment of disturbed persons make the National Rifle Association look like Little Bo-Peep.

From The Wall Street Journal

From that same chest came a dress and hat which Mrs. Sherman had worn in a tableau years before as a Dresden shepherdess, which transformed Betty into the prettiest little Bo-Peep that could be imagined.

From Project Gutenberg

Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them; Let them alone, and they'll come home, And bring their tails behind them.

From Project Gutenberg

Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep, And dreamt she heard them bleating; And when she awoke, she found it a joke, For still they were all fleeting.

From Project Gutenberg