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The end justifies the means; The enemy of my enemy is my friend; The exception which proves the rule; The female of the species is more deadly than the male; The good die young; The grass is always greener (on the other side) (of the fence) The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world; The husband is always the last to know
Often abbreviated to L.S., used as opening words for a letter lege artis: according to the law of the art: Denotes that a certain intervention is performed in a correct way. Used especially in a medical context. The 'art' referred to in the phrase is medicine. legem terrae: the law of the land: leges humanae nascuntur, vivunt, et moriuntur
Slovene – Ob svetem Nikoli is a wordplay that literally means "on St. Nicholas' feast day". The word nikoli, when stressed on the second syllable, means "never", when stressed on the first it is the locative case of Nikola, i.e. Nicholas; Spanish – cuando las vacas vuelen ("when cows fly") or cuando los chanchos vuelen ("when pigs fly ...
Dakota–Lakota specialists state that the word "Ski-U" or "Ski-yoo" or "Ski-oo" is not Dakota victory cry nor or the Dakota word for winning. What Adams heard on Lake Pepin, "ski-oo," may have just been an interjection, similar to "woo hoo." [4] Other Dakota-Lakota words or phrases that have been suggested for what Adams heard include: [4]
Have a go – to try to achieve something, as in "have a bash at this crossword" to strike physically to attack verbally a party or celebration "they're having a little bash this weekend" (orig. US, but now probably more common in UK than US) bath (pl.) swimming pool (v.) to bathe, or give a bath to, example have a bath (US: take a bath meaning ...
It can also mean to impress someone very much or to be very good. It was voted children’s most preferred slang term. The third most popular term was “skibidi”, which has become prevalent ...
hard pastry case filled with meat and vegetables served as a main course, particularly in Cornwall and in the north of England pear-shaped usually in the phrase "to go pear-shaped", meaning to go drastically or dramatically wrong. cf tits-up peckish * moderately hungry (usage dated in US) peeler in Northern Ireland, colloquial word for "policeman".
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