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Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all; Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness; Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt; Better wear out than rust out; Beware of Greeks bearing gifts (Trojan War, Virgil in the Aeneid) [9] Big fish eat little fish
have eyes bigger than one's stomach: To have asked for or taken more of something (especially food) than one is actually capable of handling (or eating) [20] have eyes in the back of one's head: To be able to perceive things and events that are outside of one's field of vision: head over heels: Be smitten, infatuated: heard it through the grapevine
Wikiquote has been suggested as "a great starting point for a quotation search" with only quotes with sourced citations being available. It is also noted as a source from frequent misquotes and their possible origins. [12] [13] It can be used for analysis to produce claims such as "Albert Einstein is probably the most quoted figure of our time".
A quotation or quote is the repetition of a sentence, phrase, or passage from speech or text that someone has said or written. [1] In oral speech, it is the representation of an utterance (i.e. of something that a speaker actually said) that is introduced by a quotative marker, such as a verb of saying.
We're gonna need a bigger boat. [4] You're gonna need a bigger boat. Chief Martin Brody Roy Scheider: Jaws: 1975 I love the smell of napalm in the morning. It smells like victory. [1] I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up.
An opaque circle around the cornea of the eye, often seen in elderly people. When it is found in patients less than 50 years old it is termed arcus juvenilis arduus ad solem: Striving towards the Sun: Motto of Victoria University of Manchester: argentum album: white silver: Also "silver coin"; mentioned in the Domesday Book; signifies bullion ...
Air quotes, also called finger quotes, are virtual quotation marks formed in the air with one's fingers when speaking. The gesture is typically done with both hands held shoulder-width apart and at the eye or shoulders level of the speaker, with the index and middle fingers on each hand flexing at the beginning and end of the phrase being ...
She introduces herself with: "I'm quick on the trigger/with targets not much bigger/than a pinpoint I'm number one." The song is humorous in that she imagines different scenarios in which shooting a man will not make him fall in love with you, e.g. "A man may be hot/but he's not/when he's shot/oh, you can't get a man with a gun!"