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  2. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    The apple does not fall/never falls far from the tree; 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

  3. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    "When Hell freezes over" [2] and "on a cold day in Hell" [3] are based on the understanding that Hell is eternally an extremely hot place. The "Twelfth of Never" will never come to pass. [4] A song of the same name was written by Johnny Mathis. "On Tibb's Eve" refers to the saint's day of a saint who never existed. [5] "When two Sundays come ...

  4. Eye contact - Wikipedia

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    In traditional Islamic theology, it is often generally advised to lower one's gaze when looking at other people in order to avoid sinful sensuous appetites and desires. Excessive eye contact or "staring" is also sometimes described as impolite, inappropriate, or even disrespectful, especially between youths and elders or children and their ...

  5. The road to hell is paved with good intentions - Wikipedia

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    Madonna uses this line in her 2008 single "4 Minutes," featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, off her eleventh studio album Hard Candy. [30] Post hardcore band In Fear and Faith has a song titled "The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions" featuring Craig Owens of Chiodos on their 2009 album Your World on Fire. [31]

  6. Thiess of Kaltenbrun - Wikipedia

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    Ordinarily, [they went to Hell] three times: during the night of Pentecost, on Midsummer's Night, and on St Lucia's Night; as far as the first two nights were concerned, they did not go exactly during those nights, but more when the grain was properly blooming, because it is at the time the seeds are forming that the sorcerers spirit away the blessing and take it to hell, and it is then that ...

  7. Naraka (Hinduism) - Wikipedia

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    The number and names of hells, as well as the type of sinners sent to a particular hell, varies from text to text; however, many scriptures describe 28 hells. [1] After death, messengers of Yama called Yamadutas bring all beings to the court of Yama, where he weighs the virtues and the vices of the being and passes a judgement, sending the ...

  8. List of bad luck signs - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, some people personally believe that this orientation brings good fortune, regardless of cultural norms. [12] [13] [14] Historically, blacksmiths—a trade long associated with luck and protection—often hung horseshoes upside down as a symbol of their craft. A superstitious blacksmith and apprentice believe that the luck from the ...

  9. List of Hell Girl characters - Wikipedia

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    The story focuses on the existence of a supernatural system that allows people to take revenge by having other people sent to Hell via the services of the mysterious titular character and her assistants who implement this system. Some of the humans are able to observe deeper into Hell Correspondence.