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Take care of the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves; Talk is cheap; Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear; Talk of Angels, and hear the flutter of their wings; Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are [25] Tell the truth and shame the Devil (Shakespeare, Henry IV) The age of miracles is past
Another idiom of improbability is 畑に蛤 (Hata ni hamaguri) which means "finding clams in a field". Latin – ad kalendas graecas ("to the Greek Kalends") signified indefinite postponement, since the Greek calendar had no Calends period; also cum mula peperit = "when a mule foaled".
The law does not care about the smallest things. A court does not care about small, trivial things. A case must have some importance in order for a court to hear it. See "de minimis non curat praetor". Also used as an adjective: "The court found that the alleged conduct was de minimis." de minimis non curat praetor
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).
i.e., "do not argue what is obviously/manifestly incorrect." advocatus diaboli: Devil's advocate: Someone who, in the face of a specific argument, voices an argument that he does not necessarily accept, for the sake of argument and discovering the truth by testing the opponent's argument. cf. arguendo. aegri somnia: a sick man's dreams
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Acedia, engraving by Hieronymus Wierix, 16th century. Acedia (/ ə ˈ s iː d i ə /; also accidie or accedie / ˈ æ k s ɪ d i /, from Latin acēdia, and this from Greek ἀκηδία, "negligence", ἀ-"lack of" -κηδία "care") has been variously defined as a state of listlessness or torpor, of not caring or not being concerned with one's position or condition in the world.
The gods care about great matters, but they neglect small ones: Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2:167 magna est vis consuetudinis: great is the power of habit: Magna Europa est patria nostra: Greater Europe is Our Fatherland: Political motto of pan-Europeanists magno cum gaudio: with great joy: magnum opus: great work: Said of someone's masterpiece