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  2. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    All hands on deck/to the pump. All is grist that comes to the mill [a] All roads lead to Rome [a] [b] All that glitters/glistens is not gold [a] [b] All the world loves a lover [a] All things come to those who wait [a] All things must pass [a] All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy [a] [b] All you need is love.

  3. Scare quotes - Wikipedia

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    Writers use scare quotes for a variety of reasons. They can imply doubt or ambiguity in words or ideas within the marks, [18] or even outright contempt. [19] They can indicate that a writer is purposely misusing a word or phrase [20] or that the writer is unpersuaded by the text in quotes, [21] and they can help the writer deny responsibility for the quote. [19]

  4. Quoting out of context - Wikipedia

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    Quoting out of context. Quoting out of context (sometimes referred to as contextomy or quote mining) is an informal fallacy in which a passage is removed from its surrounding matter in such a way as to distort its intended meaning. [1] Context may be omitted intentionally or accidentally, thinking it to be non-essential.

  5. 60 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' quotes to make spirits ...

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    Nightmare Before Christmas Quotes. “This is a thing called a present. The whole thing starts with a box.”. “Just a box with bright-colored paper. And the whole thing’s topped with a bow ...

  6. You can't have your cake and eat it - Wikipedia

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    The proverb literally means "you cannot simultaneously retain possession of a cake and eat it, too". Once the cake is eaten, it is gone. It can be used to say that one cannot have two incompatible things, or that one should not try to have more than is reasonable. The proverb's meaning is similar to the phrases "you can't have it both ways" and ...

  7. Whataboutism - Wikipedia

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    From a logical and argumentative point of view, whataboutism is considered a variant of the tu-quoque pattern (Latin 'you too', term for a counter-accusation), which is a subtype of the ad-hominem argument. [1][2][3][4] The communication intent is often to distract from the content of a topic (red herring).

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

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    Five Finger Death Punch used the term on their song "Living The Dream" for their 8th studio album released in 2020 F8. In the movie Highway to Hell, the phrase is taken literally to create one particular scene. The Good Intentions Paving Company has a team of Andy Warhols who grind good-intentioned souls into pavement.

  9. List of sports idioms - Wikipedia

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    knock for six. Cricket To surprise or shock (someone). In cricket, a "six" results from a ball that is hit in the air and beyond the boundary of the field. It is the most valuable outcome for a batsman, being worth (as its name suggests) six runs from one delivery.