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You can have too much of a good thing; You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink; You can never/never can tell; You cannot always get what you want; You cannot burn a candle at both ends. You cannot have your cake and eat it too; You cannot get blood out of a stone; You cannot make a silk purse from a sow's ear; You cannot ...
"You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be led." (Laurel, Brats) [37] "I was dreaming I was awake, but I woke up and found meself asleep." (Laurel, Oliver the Eighth) "A lot of weather we've been having lately." (Hardy, Way Out West) In some cases, their comedy bordered on the surreal, in a style Laurel called "white magic".
A proverb (from Latin: proverbium) or an adage is a simple, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience. Proverbs are often metaphorical and are an example of formulaic language. [ 1 ][ 2 ] A proverbial phrase or a proverbial expression is a type of a conventional saying similar to proverbs and ...
Men, all this stuff you hear about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of horse dung. Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle. When you were kids, you all admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, the big-league ball players and the toughest boxers.
"Horse to the Water" is a song written by George Harrison and his son Dhani. It was originally performed by Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra , featuring Harrison, on the album Small World, Big Band [ 1 ] Recorded on 2 October 2001, [ 1 ] the song is Harrison's last performance on a record.
The Okee Dokee Brothers are an independent American folk and American roots children's music duo, Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing, from Minneapolis.Their 2012 CD/DVD release Can You Canoe?, with music and videos created during a 2011 paddle down the Mississippi River, won a Grammy for Best Children's Album in the 55th Grammy Awards. [1]
Elephants are known for their memories. No one would accuse one horse named Kentucky of being able to recall a thing, not even the herd of cows he sees each and every day. Kentucky is in for a ...
Cart before the horse. The expression cart before the horse is an idiom or proverb used to suggest something is done contrary to the natural or normally effective sequence of events. [1] A cart is a vehicle that is ordinarily pulled by a horse, so to put the cart before the horse is an analogy for doing things in the wrong order. [2]