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  2. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds (You cannot) teach an old dog new tricks; You cannot unscramble eggs; You cannot win them all; You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar; You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain; You pay your money and you take your choice

  3. List of Latin phrases (S) - Wikipedia

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    If you had kept your silence, you would have stayed a philosopher: This quote is often attributed to the Latin philosopher Boethius of the late fifth and early sixth centuries. It translates literally as, "If you had been silent, you would have remained a philosopher." The phrase illustrates a common use of the subjunctive verb mood.

  4. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    Said by some to be the origin of the game command and title Simon says. [27] Cicero pro domo sua Cicero's speech in 57 BC to regain his confiscated house: Said of someone who pleads cases for their own benefit; see List of Latin phrases (P) § pro domo: circa (c.) or (ca.) around: In the sense of "approximately" or "about". Usually used of a date.

  5. 10 Genius Phrases To Use Instead of 'I'm Busy,' According to ...

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    "This has become a better way to let someone know you don't have the capacity or capability to take something extra on right now," Dr. Schiff says. 2. "I cannot right now, but I will set aside ...

  6. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so-lute-ly ...

  7. Proverb - Wikipedia

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    [142] Earlier than O'Brian's Aubrey, Beatrice Grimshaw also used repeated splicings of proverbs in the mouth of an eccentric marquis to create a memorable character in The Sorcerer's Stone, [143] such as "The proof of the pudding sweeps clean" (p. 109) and "A stitch in time is as good as a mile" (p. 97). [144] Proverb from Spiderman now in ...

  8. Jam tomorrow - Wikipedia

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    The expression originates from Lewis Carroll's 1871 book Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. [1] This is a pun on a mnemonic [citation needed] for the usage of the Latin word iam (formerly often written and pronounced jam), which means "at this time", but only in the future or past tense, not in the present (which is instead nunc "now").

  9. Yesterday You Said Tomorrow - Wikipedia

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    Those earlier promises of greatness are clinched by Yesterday You Said Tomorrow. Scott's fourth Concord album is a gym-ripped amalgam of edgy jazz, hip hop and rock rhythms, off-kilter ostinatos, intimate rhapsodies and full-on passions, all welded together by the New Orleans-born player's alternately caressing and searing horn, and by his most ...