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"Revenge is a dish best served cold."
Revenge works well when the target least expects it. I would say this is very true! |
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Starve a cold, feed a fever...
The best way to treat a cold is to skip a meal or two; the best way to treat fever is to have a light meal. I don't know if this has even been proven true or not and while I'm at it, if they can do robotic surgery from miles away with flying success why can't they cure the common cold!? :| |
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Necessity is the mother of invention...
When a person is in great need of something, he will find a way of getting it. |
There is many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.........
Anything can go wrong at any time before a matter is settled, |
There is many at a true word that is spoken in jest...
A remark, such as something about a person's character, that is said jokingly, is often true to some extent. |
Thee is no venom like that of the tongue.....
he cruel things people sometimes say to one another can hurt more than the deadliest poison can. So very true........ |
There is safety in numbers.
You are safer when others are around. |
They who dance must pay the fiddler.....
You must be ready to accept the consequences of your actions. |
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'Time is a great healer".......
Time allows people to forgive and forget past hurts, injuries and loss as memories fade, and people become wiser and more mature. |
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander...
What is good for one person ought to be good enough for anyone else. |
When the going gets tough, the tough get going............
Often, when things become difficult, people who seem weak find the strength somehow to keep going! You become tough in hard times. |
Winning isn't everything...
Success is not everything, what you learn in the process of becoming successful is more important. |
You can't have things both ways......
You cannot avoid making a choice in some situations |
You can't please all of the people all of the time...........
You cannot make everyone happy at the same time -- someone is going to be unhappy with your actions. |
You win some, you lose some some you walk away from..........
In life, you have to expect to win and lose. |
Misery makes strange bedfellows........
When unhappy people make friend with others they would not usually befriend. |
i'm sure someone has mentioned this one..but it resonates in my life-
"If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen!" |
We Bought The Farm......
Farmers worked mortgaged land their entire lives, but could only "buy" it when they died and their insurance paid out. It wasn't neccesarily a demeaning term either. For a poor family farmer working hard to make ends meet, having the mortgage paid off often meant comparative wealth and good-times for their surviving family members. Saying someone bought the farm was a somewhat respectful way of acknowledging that their death had permitted their widow and childen to become landowners (from, Snopes). |
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Without a doubt my all time favorite idiom.......
"Tighter Than Bark On A Tree"..........
A person who hangs on to their money! Someone beyond frugal! A cheapskate! Sidebar: My train of thought is..if you have to ask how much something costs, you probably can't afford it.....stay home! |
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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going Billy Ocean? |
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LOL, but homoe, what movie is it from?????? |
"not my monkeys, not my zoo".............
The origin was Polish I've been told. Basically means not my problem, does not concern me. |
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"Go Big or Go Home"...........
An expression to encourage the listener to be extravagant, to go all the way, and do whatever you are doing to its fullest - and not flake out. |
“Dot the i's and cross the t's.”............
The idiom has since come to mean paying attention to every little detail. In earlier days it was meant to check over any documents carefully before signing them! |
Raining cats and dogs.”......
In Norse mythology, the dog is associated with wind and the cat with storms. This expression means it's raining very heavily. |
Sounds like a broken record....
Repeating the same things over and over. |
What a small world...
What a coincidence. |
You snooze, you lose.......
Don’t hesitate to act fast, by acting slow you may lose your chance to act at all. |
Hold your horses....
This expression means to take your time or not go so fast. |
"Sour Grapes....................
To disparage something that you cannot obtain and have yourself. Expression alludes to the Greek writer Aesop's famous fable about a fox that cannot reach some grapes on a high vine and announces that they are sour. . |
"Getingt Up On The Wrong Side Of The Bed".;.........
Start the day in a bad mood. |
AWESOME............
IMHO most people not only overuse this word, but apply it to events/items that are FAR from awesome! |
JAW DROPPING...........
This is a tricky English expression, because the way its used determines whether it means something positive or negative. A positive jaw dropping experience is one that leaves someone breathless in extreme happiness. |
"Jump on the bandwagon.”...
Long ago, bands on the platforms of traveling wagons played music to announce a parade or political speech. To show their support, people would often jump onto the platform and join the band. Today, this idiom usually refers to someone who hopes to benefit from supporting another person's agenda. |
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