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 |  موضوع: Proverbs**part4  الإثنين يونيو 08, 2009 4:37 pm | |
| Alphabetical list of English proverbs T
with an explanation where necessary
Proverb & Explanation / Meaning T
1) Tall oaks grow from little acorns.
*Great things may come from small beginnings.
2) The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
*Children resemble their parents.
3) The best advice is found on the pillow.
*After a good night's sleep we may find an answer to our problem.
4) The devil looks after his own.
*Success comes to those who deserve it least .
5) The devil makes work for idle hands
*People who have no work, or are idle, often get into or make trouble.
6) The die is cast.
*A decision has been made and it's impossible to change it.
7) The early bird catches the worm.
* If you want to do something successfully, you should do it as soon as you can.
 The end justifies the means.
* Wrong or unfair methods may be used if the result of the action is good.
9) The first step is the hardest.
*The most difficult thing is to begin.
10) The more haste, the less speed.
*A person makes more progress if they do things less quickly.
The more you have, the more you want.
11) The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.
*If you depend on just one thing, and it fails you, you will have no alternatives.
12) The pen is mightier than the sword
*Words and communication have greater effect than war and fighting.
13) The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
* The real value of something can be judged only after it has been tried or tested.
14) The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
*It's not enough to intend to do something, you must actually do it.
15) The tongue wounds more than a lance.
* Insults can be more hurtful than physical injuries.
16) The truth is in the wine.
*People speak more freely under the influence of alcohol.
17) The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Feed a man well and he will love you.
18) The wish is father to the thought.
* You think that something is true because you want it to be so.
19) There is a black sheep in every flock.
* There is always one who doesn't behave or perform like the others.
20) There is no fool like an old fool.
*An older person is expected to behave more sensibly.
21) There is safety in numbers
* Being in a crowd makes you feel more confident.
22) Time and tide wait for no man.
*Delaying a decision will not prevent events from taking place.
23) Time has wings.
Time goes by quickly.
24) Time is money.
*Time is valuable and should not be wasted.
25) To err is human, to forgive divine
*It is human nature to make mistakes, therefore one should forgive.
26) Too many cooks spoil the broth.
If too many people are involved in something, it will not be done properly.
** (Humoristic version of above :
27)Too many clicks spoil the browse!)
28) Trust not a horse's heel nor a dog's tooth.
29) Truth is stranger than fiction.
*Events in real life are sometimes stranger than in fiction.
30) Two wrongs don't make a right
*It is wrong to harm someone because they have harmed you | |
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