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When the going gets tough, the tough get going" is a popular phrase of witticism in American English. The phrase is an example of an antimetabole . The origin of the phrase has been attributed to various sources.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going; When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak; When you have seen one, you have seen them all; What is learnt in the cradle lasts to the tombs; What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over
See also: "let them cook," which translates to "hold on, let's see what they're going to do" Dead: a state of being used to exaggerate or emphasize a reaction, usually to something funny. e.g. "I ...
He has kept his promises and earned his sleep." [ 8 ] Frost's poem, and specifically its last stanza, was featured prominently in U.S. President Joe Biden 's 2008 autobiography Promises to Keep , the name of which is derived from the poem's antepenultimate line.
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Amatul, who was recently laid off from her job, says that when she was working, “I would come home at 6 p.m., have time to eat, do a quick workout, watch a show and then go to bed.”
Mum's the word is a popular English idiom.It is related to an expression used by William Shakespeare, in Henry VI, Part 2. [1]The word "mum" is an alteration of momme, which was used between 1350 and 1400 in Middle English with very close to the same meaning, "be silent; do not reveal".
I kept going back to my revelation—and to Dead & Co shows. I was determined to dig deeper, to better understand how these artists were able to get this process down so well, when some of the ...