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Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.
Caught in the act (esp. a crime or in a "compromising position"); equivalent to "caught red-handed" in English idiom. in flore: in blossom: Blooming. in foro: in forum: In court . in forma pauperis: in the character or manner of a pauper in girum imus nocte et consumimur igni: We enter the circle at night and are consumed by fire
i.e., "even more so" or "with even stronger reason". Often used to lead from a less certain proposition to a more evident corollary. a maiore ad minus: from the greater to the smaller: From general to particular; "What holds for all X also holds for one particular X." – argument a fortiori: a minore ad maius: from the smaller to the greater
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).
An idiom is a phrase or expression that largely or exclusively carries a figurative or non-literal meaning, rather than making any literal sense.Categorized as formulaic language, an idiomatic expression's meaning is different from the literal meanings of each word inside it. [1]
Google Scholar, a search engine for academic literature, displays the phrase "Stand on the shoulders of giants" below the search field. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Umberto Eco writes in his 1980 novel The Name of the Rose , that Nicholas of Morimondo laments, "We no longer have the learning of the ancients, the age of giants is past!"
The Apple TV+ series 'Manhunt' depicts all of the intended victims of the assassination plot which led to the death of Lincoln, including William H. Seward.
Thinking outside the box (also thinking out of the box [1] [2] or thinking beyond the box and, especially in Australia, thinking outside the square [3]) is an idiom that means to think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspective. The phrase also often refers to novel or creative thinking.