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Take care of the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves; Talk is cheap; Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear; Talk of Angels, and hear the flutter of their wings; Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are [26] Tell the truth and shame the Devil (Shakespeare, Henry IV) The age of miracles is past
Guang Gun: A derogatory Chinese slang term loosely translating to "bare branches" or "bare sticks", used to describe unmarried men who have no legitimate children and therefore don't carry on the family tree or family name; the male equivalent of "spinster" or "Sheng nu".
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
The editor-in-chief at Nameberry, Sophie Kihm, says parents are choosing names they love without worrying about what others think. The editor-in-chief at Nameberry, Sophie Kihm, says parents are ...
I suspect, however, that the real reason for the growing diversity in grandparent names has less to do with family structure and more with the new generation of grandparents, namely Boomers who ...
The Scientific Reason Why Parents Constantly Mix Up Their Kids' Names. Gina Way. April 28, 2024 at 5:00 AM. ... and you have one for family names, another for friends and work colleagues, etc ...
This is a list of idioms that were recognizable to literate people in the late-19th century, and have become unfamiliar since. As the article list of idioms in the English language notes, a list of idioms can be useful, since the meaning of an idiom cannot be deduced by knowing the meaning of its constituent words. See that article for a fuller ...
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