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Explanation / Meaning
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Accidents will happen.
What a person actually does is more important that what they say they will do.
Advice is cheap.
When a problem is serious, people often do not follow the advice given.
Everybody needs a certain amount of relaxation. It is not good to work all the time.
Something bad or unpleasant today may bring good things in the future.
Blaming the tools for bad workmanship is an excuse for lack of skill.
It's better to keep what you have than to risk losing it by searching for something better.
Friendships can be rebuilt after a dispute but will never be as strong as before.
A bad experience will make people stay away from certain things.
1) Cats can survive many accidents because they land on their feet without injury.
2) Three lives = 3 years to play, 3 years to stray, 3 years to stay.
Someone who helps you when you are in trouble is a real friend.
If a task is carefully planned, there's a better chance that it will be done well.
You sleep well when you have nothing to feel guilty about.
A person's character is judged by the type of people with whom they spend
their time.
If a person keeps moving from place to place, they gain neither friends nor
possessions.
Another interpretation is that, by moving often, one avoids being tied down!
It's better to deal with a problem at an early stage, to prevent it from getting
worse.
Correcting a small mistake may help you to avoid making a bigger one.
If you don't work, you won't have any money when you're old.
Today 'dinner' is usually called 'lunch', and 'supper' more often called 'dinner'.
People tend to circulate bad news (accidents, illness etc.) very quickly.
It's better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a bigger one.
It's better to deal with somebody difficult but familiar, than change and risk dealing
with somebody worse.
It's better to stop and accept a small loss, rather than continue and risk losing
everything.
A person's first duty is to help and care for his own family.
When you are separated from the person you love, your feelings are even stronger.
Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.
The least intelligent people are often the most talkative or noisy.
You must think of your own interests before the interests of others.
Everything is satisfactory.
People show what they are really like by what they do, rather than by what
they say.
Knowing somebody very well may lead to a lack of respect for them.
Inexperienced people act in situations that more intelligent people would avoid
You will keep your friends if you avoid disputes over money.
Said when you express the same opinion as another person at the same time.
You should be grateful for something, even if it's not as much as you wanted.
If something is done too quickly, it may be done carelessly and need to be redone.
A person who feels hatred does not see any qualities in the person he/she hates.
If you delay your decision too long, you may miss a good opportunity.
The person who provides the money for something should control how it is spent
You call home the place where the people you love are.
Ignorance is bliss.
If you start something, it's better to spend the time or money necessary to complete it.
A man of even limited ability has an advantage over a person who is less able.
Don't express regret for something that has happened and cannot be remedied.
What you learn when you are young will be invaluable when you grow old.
Knowledge is power.
Proverb
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Explanation / Meaning
Laughter is the best medicine.
Learn to walk before you run.
Don't rush into doing something until you know how to do it.
The more discreet you are, the less damage you cause.
People who do not tell the truth must be careful to remember what they say.
An unusual event is not likely to occur again in exactly the same circumstances.
If you lose something you weep, if you find something you keep it.
Love is blind.
A person in love does not see the faults of the person he/she loves.
If you get married too quickly, you may spend all your life regretting it.
If the penalty is going to be the same, you might as well commit the greater offence.
The need for something forces people to find a way of obtaining it.
Nobody is perfect.
No man is an island.
If the news was bad, we would hear of it. Since we have heard nothing,
we can assume that all is well.
No wind, no waves.
What you have today is better than what is promised or hoped for.
A single satisfactory event does not mean that all the others will be as good.
Patience is a virtue
It is good to be patient.
Refers to a person who is careful about spending small amounts of money, but
not careful about spending large amounts of money.
One should not criticize others for faults similar to one's own.
It is easier to prevent something from happening than to repair the damage or cure the
disease later.
Don't be too self-confident or proud; something may happen to make you look foolish.
Risk everything by relying on one plan (by putting all one's money in one business).
Revenge is sweet.
Rome was not built in a day.
If you don't object to something it can be assumed that you agree with it.
If you don't punish a child when he does wrong, you will spoil his character.
Physical attacks may harm me, but cruel words will not.
It's better to deal with a problem in its early stages, because if you don't, it will get
worse.
You don't have to pay for what is important : happiness, friendship, good health.
People who have no work, or are idle, often get into or make trouble.
Wrong or unfair methods may be used if the result of the action is good.
If you depend on just one thing, and it fails you, you will have no alternatives.
Words and communication have greater effect than war and fighting.
The real value of something can be judged only after it has been tried or tested.
There is always one who doesn't behave or perform like the others.
Time is money.
If too many people are involved in something, it will not be done properly.
If you sleep too much, you are not able to think clearly.
It's when you have problems that you realize who your real friends are.
Union is strength.
A person who doesn't want to do something always finds a reason to avoid it.
You should not expect praise for acting in a correct or moral way.
If you never waste anything, you will have it when you need it.
You should adopt the customs of the people or country you are visiting,
and behave in the same way.
wolves.
Wisdom is better than strength.
You can offer someone an opportunity to do something but you can't force them.
Idiom
Meaning
about-turn / about-face
An accomplished fact
(also: 'fait accompli')
Acid test
Act of God
All clear
All ears
Of all people
To use the term 'of all people' emphasizes that the person you
mention, more than anyone else, is the one you would expect to do
something.
"As an artist, you, of all people, should support the new art gallery."
(You can't be) all things to all If you are all things to all people you please or satisfy everyone.
She's exhausted trying to be a good wife, a good mother and a good
people
teacher, but she can't be all things to all people.
All told means the final number when everything has been counted.
"The number of visitors to the exhibition, all told, was 2543."
Also-ran
Alter ego
Ambulance chaser
Answer for
People who have ants in their pants are very restless or excited about
something
"I wish he'd relax. He's got ants in his pants about something today!"
Apple-pie order
Apron strings
Armchair critic
Armchair traveller
At all costs
At stake
Of no avail
Avowed intent
If you say that someone is asleep at the wheel you mean that they
are not sufficiently attentive, especially at a critical moment when
vigilance is required.
"When the firemen arrived too late at the scene, the night watchman
was accused of being asleep at the wheel."
If you are determined to obtain or achieve something at all costs,
you want it regardless of the expense, effort or sacrifice involved.
"The journalist was determined at all costs to get a report from the
war zone."
Someone who has a lot at stake is in a risky situation, with a lot
to be won or lost.
"He was nervous about signing the agreement because there was a lot
at stake."
This expression refers to the current point reached in a process,
activity or developing situation.
"At this stage of the game I think any further intervention would be unwise.
Let's wait and see how things develop."
Something which is of no avail is not at all helpful or useful.
"The coffee machine wouldn't work and the instruction leaflet was
of no avail."
When someone makes a public declaration of their objective or goal,
this is their avowed intent.
"The avowed intent of the new Government is to reduce unemployment."
A rude awakening
To say that someone is away with the fairies means that they are
in such a dreamy state that they are not totally in touch with reality
and give the impression of being slightly mad.
"It's no use trying to explain the problem to her - she's away with the
fairies!"