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  2. Forked tongue - Wikipedia

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    The phrase "speaks with a forked tongue" means to deliberately say one thing and mean another or, to be hypocritical, or act in a duplicitous manner. In the longstanding tradition of many Native American tribes, "speaking with a forked tongue" has meant lying, and a person was no longer considered worthy of trust, once he had been shown to ...

  3. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    One law for the rich and another for the poor; Opportunity does not knock until you build a door; One swallow does not make a summer; One who believes in Sword, dies by the Sword; One who speaks only one language is one person, but one who speaks two languages is two people. Turkish Proverb [5] One year's seeding makes seven years weeding

  4. 12 Phrases To Use When Someone Is 'Talking Down' to You ... - AOL

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    "It prevents any more hurtful words from being expressed," Dr. Cohen says. 6. "I don’t allow people to speak to me like this." Dr. Preston says this phrase is an excellent way to set a boundary ...

  5. Glossary of rhetorical terms - Wikipedia

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    Epistrophe – a succession of clauses, phrases or sentences that all end with the same word or group of words. Epithet – a term used as a descriptive and qualifying substitute for the name of a person, place or thing. Epizeuxis – emphasizing an idea by repeating a single word.

  6. Talk:Res ipsa loquitur - Wikipedia

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    Ipsa is just an intensifying word to add emphasis. "things" don't often speak so it is just taking advantage of this to strengthen the metaphor. "The thing itself speaks." is probably the best translation, although to express the same concept in English one would use the idiom "It speaks for itself."-- 66.102.196.38 23:48, 12 November 2007 (UTC ...

  7. Live, Laugh, Love - Wikipedia

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    "Live, Laugh, Love" is a motivational three-word phrase that became a popular slogan on motivational posters and home decor in the late 2000s and early 2010s. By extension, the saying has also become pejoratively associated with a style of " basic " Generation X [ 1 ] decor and with what Vice described as " speaking-to-the-manager shallowness ".

  8. Talk to the hand - Wikipedia

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    Often considered to be sarcastic or obnoxious, the phrase was popularized by actor and comedian Martin Lawrence in his 1992 sitcom Martin. [3] It was formally reported from as early as 1995, when a local Indianapolis magazine story noted "Talk to the hand—The phrase, which means, 'Shut up', is accompanied by a hand in front of the victim's face."

  9. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet - Wikipedia

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    Although it is one of the most famous quotes from the work of Shakespeare, no printing in Shakespeare's lifetime presents the text in the form known to modern readers: it is a skillful amalgam assembled by Edmond Malone, an editor in the eighteenth century. Romeo and Juliet was published twice, in two very different versions.