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Sealed With A Kiss

This idiom generally means that letters are sent with love and care.

"You Can't Tell The Depth Of the Well By the Length Of The Pump Handle"...



Meaning you can't tell how deep someone or something is by simply observing! You have to dig deeper, below to surface to find out truly.

"Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Cold"..........




Meaning that revenge is best served not fresh after the insult occurred, but after enough time has passed so that the target won't see it coming.

Vengeance is often more satisfying if it is not exacted immediately.

"There's Many A Good Tune Played On An Old Fiddle"...




Old people can be very capable. Just because someone is old doesn’t mean they can’t do the task at hand. Perhaps they can do the task better than a younger person because they have more experience.

"Third Time's The Charm"...........




The third time you try to do something, it will work or so they say!

"If At First You Don't Succeed Try Again"...........


Meaning sometimes it takes more than 1 try to succeed. Don't give up! Try again!

"One Hand Washes The Other"...............




Mutual favors exchanged. All parties involved will benefit from helping each other and/or working together toward the same goal.

And taken literally, if you think this isn't true, just wait till you have one hand out of commission!

"Hotter Than Dutch Love" (as we said in the Midwest) or "Hotter Than Dutch Love In Harvest".............



Anything really, really ridiculously hot!

Heart of Gold....or.... Salt of the Earth

Both turns of phrase basically describe someone of good character, someone who is by nature simply wonderful, someone who would treat you well....which makes them extraordinary in many, many ways.

"Rob Peter To Pay Paul".........




Meaning to take or borrow from one in order to give or pay something owed to another.


Sidebar: The expression refers to times before the Reformation when Church taxes had to be paid from St. Paul's church in London and to St. Peter's church in Rome; originally it referred to neglecting the Peter tax in order to have money to pay the Paul tax.

"Johnny On The Spot"............




A person who is on hand and ready to perform a service or respond to an emergency quickly!

"A Slap on the Wrist"...............






A very mild punishment.

"In The Bag"................





To have something secured. Have things locked in.

"Method To My Madness"................






Strange or crazy actions that appear meaningless, but in the end are done for a good reason.

"Rome Was Not Built In One Day".............


Things just don't happen overnight. If you want something to be completely properly, then its going to take time.

"Scot-Free".. aka Get Off Scot-Free.......................




To not have to pay.

"Up A Blind Alley".........





Going down a course of action that leads to a bad outcome.

"You Can't Take It With You"...................




Enjoy what you have, since when you die you cannot take things (such as money) with you.

"A Doubting Thomas"




A skeptic who needs physical or personal evidence in order to believe something.

"Happy Wife, Happy Life"...........


If the lady of the house is happy so will everyone else be!


I am not particularly fond of this idiom btw..........