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The best condiments are authentic flavors; The best defense is a good offense; The best-laid schemes of mice and men often go awry; The best things in life are free; The bigger they are, the harder they fall; The boy is father to the man; The bread never falls but on its buttered side; The child is the father of the man
The title is taken from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse": "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley" ("The best-laid plans of mice and men / Often go awry"). Although the book is taught in many schools, [ 3 ] Of Mice and Men has been a frequent target of censorship and book bans for vulgarity and for what some consider offensive ...
The Best Laid Plans is a 1997 thriller novel by Sidney Sheldon.The story details the rise of a handsome, charismatic attorney named Oliver Russel, to political fame, while his jilted fiancée, Leslie Stewart, grows a media empire to eventually destroy his career and image.
The exact origin of this proverb is unknown and several variations exist. The first full version of the phrase appeared in an 1811 English version of one of Johann Jacob Rambach's books, "The road to hell is paved with good resolutions", a translation of his 1730 German text Der Weg zur Höllen sey mit lauter gutem Vorsatz gepflastert.
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).
Glossary of English-language idioms derived from baseball; Bed of roses; Belling the Cat; Best friends forever; Between Scylla and Charybdis; Bill matter; Birds of a feather flock together; Black sheep; Blessing in disguise; Blood, toil, tears and sweat; Born in the purple; The Boy Who Cried Wolf; Bread and butter (superstition) Break a leg ...
"Best Laid Plans" (Friday Night Lights), a 2007 episode "Best Laid Plans" (Once Upon a Time), a 2015 episode "The Best Laid Plans" (Three's Company), a 1979 episode "Best Laid Plans" (The Unit), a 2009 episode "Best Laid Plans", an episode from the second season of the animated web TV series Voltron: Legendary Defender
The 1997 novel The Best Laid Plans by Sidney Sheldon also draws its title from this line, and so do the novel of the same name by Canadian author Terry Fallis and the film series based on it. The first stanza of the poem is read by Ian Anderson in the beginning of the 2007 remaster of "One Brown Mouse" by Jethro Tull.