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Like father, like son; Little pitchers have big ears; Little strokes fell great oaks; Little things please little minds; Live and let live; Live for today, for tomorrow never comes; Live to fight another day (This saying comes from an English proverbial rhyme, "He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day")
In poetry, a dropped line is a line which is broken into two lines, but where the second part is indented to the horizontal position it would have had as an unbroken line. For example, in the poem "The Other Side of the River" by Charles Wright , the first and second lines form a dropped line, as do the fourth and fifth lines: [ 1 ]
The method is to take a well-known poem . . . without reference to the author or to his other work, analyse it stanza by stanza and line by line, and extract, squeeze, tease, press every drop of meaning out of it that one can. It might be called the lemon-squeezer school of criticism. . . .
"I'd like my money back, and then some," said Tom with interest. "I dropped my toothpaste," Tom said, crestfallen. (a reference to Crest toothpaste) "I love hot dogs," said Tom with relish. "Another martini would be fine," said Tom dryly. "I'm wearing a ribbon around my arm," said Tom with abandon. "Baa," said Tom sheepishly.
A dropquote puzzle. Dropquote or quotefall is a puzzle type where a quotation has been written over several lines, and the solver must recreate it from only a list of letters as they should appear in each column.
Here are the best quotes from the cult-classic film "Mean Girls," based on usability. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
New York Slang for saying something is over. Join the choir invisible [14] To die Neutral From an 1867 poem by George Eliot. Referenced in the Monty Python Dead Parrot Sketch, also see Choir Invisible. Join the great majority [2] To die Euphemistic: First used by Edward Young, but the phrase 'the majority' is extremely old. Justifiable homicide ...
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