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One hand washes the other; One kind word can warm three winter months; One man's meat is another man's poison; One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter; One man's trash is another man's treasure; One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb; One might as well throw water into the sea as to do a kindness to rogues
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"). Motto of the Higgenbotham and Higginbottom families of Cheshire, England; participants in the War of the Roses. Also the motto for the United States 1st Fighter Wing, Langley Air Force Base ...
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).
With hundreds of puzzles to solve and gold coins at a premium, one key word is all it takes to get those players over the proverbial hump. Well, at least until they get stuck again, but that's why ...
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").
This is a list of idioms that were recognizable to literate people in the late-19th century, and have become unfamiliar since. As the article list of idioms in the English language notes, a list of idioms can be useful, since the meaning of an idiom cannot be deduced by knowing the meaning of its constituent words. See that article for a fuller ...
One might also say that an unlikely event will happen "on the 32nd of the month". To express indefinite postponement, you might say that an event is deferred "to the [Greek] Calends" (see Latin). A less common expression used to point out someone's wishful thinking is Αν η γιαγιά μου είχε καρούλια, θα ήταν ...
The sad day will come when we solve the final puzzle to 4 Pics 1 Word. What will we do afterwards? Sit in a dark room waiting for the next update? Move on to another word game? The future looks ...