"Revenge is a dish best served cold."


Revenge works well when the target least expects it.

I would say this is very true!

An acquaintance, who earned her master's degree many years ago, at Ball State University, told me that all they had to do was copy another study....when constructing their own study.

I don't think think sort of imitation bodes well anymore but it's interesting how certain cases of imitation brought about Plagiarism law.


I understand the idiom, but I often wonder why anyone would accept imitation when, I'm guessing, the quirkiness of reality might be far better???

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!? :|

Very TRUE and an INTERESTING observation! But I think the idiom mainly speaks to being so enamored of someone you want to imitate them. I could be wrong, I dunno!

I think you're right (correct).
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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.

The study of Exemplar's of Speech (your example is but one of many). Great observation, homoe. :balloon:

'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.