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It is not enough to learn how to ride, you must also learn how to fall; It is on; It is the early bird that gets the worm; It is the empty can that makes the most noise; It is the squeaky wheel that gets the grease; It is what it is; It needs a hundred lies to cover a single lie; It never rains but it pours; It takes a thief to catch a thief
The phrase is an ancient one in Chinese, but sources differ as to when it entered the English vocabulary. Although some sources may claim it dates back as far as 1850 [1], it seems the Chinese phrase was first translated when it was applied to describe the United States. In 1956, Mao Zedong said of the United States:
Despite being so common in English as to be known as the "Chinese curse", the saying is apocryphal, and no actual Chinese source has ever been produced. The most likely connection to Chinese culture may be deduced from analysis of the late-19th-century speeches of Joseph Chamberlain , probably erroneously transmitted and revised through his son ...
Enough Said premiered on September 7, 2013 at the Toronto International Film Festival [16] and was released theatrically shortly thereafter on September 18, 2013. On its opening weekend, the film earned $240,000 from four theaters for a $60,000 per-theater average, ranking among 2013's best specialty release openers. [ 17 ]
Chinese Internet slang (Chinese: 中国网络用语; pinyin: zhōngguó wǎngluò yòngyǔ) refers to various kinds of Internet slang used by people on the Chinese Internet. It is often coined in response to events, the influence of the mass media and foreign culture, and the desires of users to simplify and update the Chinese language.
It’s unbelievable,” said a Weibo user with the name “Internationale.” Online critics have compared carp-shaped designs on the label of Nongfu Spring’s brown rice tea drink to Japan’s ...
The term diaosi (屌丝) – literal meaning "dick hair" – first appeared in an online dispute between two sub-forums of the BBS Baidu Tieba in October 2011. [2] The members of Thunder's Big Three forum were insulted by the term, "diao" (a swear word or an offensive expression for "penis" [3]), so they threw diaosi (dick hair) back at the Li Yi forum, suggesting that Li Yi's membership were ...
Small business owners face severe penalties if they don't report to the federal government by year's end. Thousands of businesses may not realize they are subject to a new reporting process ...