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  2. Live by the sword, die by the sword - Wikipedia

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    Its chorus reproduces the whole proverb: If you live by the sword, you will die by the sword. The song “Live By The Sword”, from hyperpop artist Dorian Electra’s 2019 studio album, Flamboyant, is both named after the saying, and uses the saying in its hook. Jake Hill's song "By The Sword", released in 2020, references the phrase in its ...

  3. Further research is needed - Wikipedia

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    Here the summary (bottom diamond) shows that the treatment prevented babies from dying. Further studies like these are not needed. The phrases " further research is needed " (FRIN), " more research is needed " and other variants are commonly used in research papers. The cliché is so common that it has attracted research, regulation and ...

  4. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Live and let live; Live for today, for tomorrow never comes; Live to fight another day (This saying comes from an English proverbial rhyme, "He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day") Loose lips sink ships; Look before you leap; Love is blind – The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II, Scene 1 (1591)

  5. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Redemption for cash of gambling counters at the end of a game. Catching the bus [6] To commit suicide. Slang. Originated from the Usenet newsgroup alt.suicide.holiday. Charon. Ferryman of Hades. Neutral. Crosses the rivers Styx and Acheron which divide the world of the living from the world of the dead.

  6. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous. The standard test for synonymy is substitution: one form can be ...

  7. List of last words (20th century) - Wikipedia

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    It is God's way. His will be done." [ 1 ][ note 1 ] — William McKinley, president of the United States (14 September 1901), dying after being shot on 6 September. "My last words to you, my son and successor, are: Never trust the Russians." [ 3 ] — Abdur Rahman Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1 October 1901), to Habibullah Khan.

  8. Wit - Wikipedia

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    Wit. Look up wit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. "The feast of reason..." Wit is a form of intelligent humour —the ability to say or write things that are clever and typically funny. [1] Someone witty is a person who is skilled at making clever and funny remarks. [1][2] Forms of wit include the quip, repartee, and wisecrack.

  9. List of adjectivals and demonyms for cities - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of adjectival forms of cities in English and their demonymic equivalents, which denote the people or the inhabitants of these cities. Demonyms ending in -ese are the same in the singular and plural forms. The ending -man has feminine equivalent -woman (e.g. an Irishman and a Scotswoman).