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Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.
The "Twelfth of Never" will never come to pass. [4] A song of the same name was written by Johnny Mathis in 1956. "On Tibb's Eve" refers to the saint's day of a saint who never existed. [5] "When two Sundays come together" [6] "If the sky falls, we shall catch larks" means that it is pointless to worry about things that will never happen. [7]
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).
The phrase is referenced in the lyrics: "United we stand, yet divided we fall. Together, we can stand tall," from the Public Enemy song 'Brother's Gonna Work It Out,' from the album Fear of a Black Planet (1990). Marillion varied the phrase to "Divided we stand, together we'll rise" in the song White Feather on the album Misplaced Childhood ...
Birds "of a feather" (in this case red-winged blackbirds) exhibiting flocking behavior, source of the idiom. Birds of a feather flock together is an English proverb. The meaning is that beings (typically humans) of similar type, interest, personality, character, or other distinctive attribute tend to mutually associate.
"Come Together", by Spiritualized from Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space "Come2gether", by Crystal Method from the compilation album Mortal Kombat: More Kombat Topics referred to by the same term
One of my favorite things about owning my own home is being able to put up lots of seasonal decorations, and that includes lots of spooky Halloween decor.On October 1st, I break out the decorative ...
they will either stand together or fall together: Said of two situations that can only occur simultaneously: if one ends, so does the other, and vice versa. [16] aut viam inveniam aut faciam: I will either find a way or make one: Hannibal: aut vincere aut mori: either to conquer or to die: General pledge of victoria aut mors ("victory or death").