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To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world (Chinese proverb) [5] To the victor go the spoils; To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive; Tomorrow is another day; Tomorrow never comes; Too many cooks spoil the broth; Too little, too late; Too much of a good thing; Truth is stranger than fiction
One's hour has come [1] About to die Literary: One's number is up [1] One is going to die Slang: Oofed To die Humorous Popularized from the video game Roblox; likely invented to circumvent in-game chat filters. When referring to suicide, one may "oof themselves". Pass away [1] To die Euphemism; polite Also 'to pass on' Pass in one's alley [2 ...
"This too shall pass" (Persian: این نیز بگذرد, romanized: īn nīz bogzarad) is an adage of Persian origin about impermanence.It reflects the temporary nature, or ephemerality, of the human condition — that neither the negative nor the positive moments in life ever indefinitely last.
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Refers to boxers who would pretend to be knocked out by a light or even non-existent punch, thus intentionally losing the fight; this was one method of losing a "fixed" fight (one with an unlawfully prearranged outcome, for gambling purposes). OED gives the boxing reference as 1952, the non-boxing in 1982. [82] Also in association football.
From Whitney Houston to Adele, here are the 77 greatest love songs to dedicate to your special someone. RELATED: The 15 Most Popular Wedding First Dance Songs 1.
Dedication (ritual) the ritual or ceremonial establishment of a purpose for a person, place, or thing Dedication of churches; Child dedication, a Christian ceremony; Pariṇāmanā (Sanskrit), commonly rendered in English as Dedication; Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday commemorating the Maccabean Revolt; Dedication stone
Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...