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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; A cat may look at a king; A chain is only as strong as its weakest link; A dog is a man's best friend; A drowning man will clutch at a straw; A fool and his money are soon parted [4] A friend in need (is a friend indeed) A friend to everyone is a friend to no one; A journey of a thousand miles begins ...
Big Bird is tired of the adults refusing to believe him about Snuffy, so he decides to arrange for them to come to his nest and meet Snuffy when he yells the signaling word, "Food!" He chooses this word because he knows the grown-ups will not believe him if he tells them his real reason for inviting them to his nest, and "food" is a more ...
A dog is a man's best friend; All that glitters is not gold; A little learning is a dangerous thing; A rolling stone gathers no moss; A stitch in time saves nine; An apple a day keeps the doctor away; Don't cross the bridge until you come to it; Don't count your chickens before they hatch; Don't put all your eggs in one basket; Fortune favours ...
Images of cleanup crews scrubbing the oil-soaked bodies of brown pelicans caught in the aftermath of the worst oil spill in U.S. history have pulled at national heart strings since oil from BP's ...
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).
For that and many other classic Elf lines, here are 60 of the best quotes from the movie to tide you over until next year when it’s socially acceptable to watch again (but if you turn it on in ...
May 4th is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day! While we're celebrating with chocolate chip cookie fun facts and trivia, we'd feel remiss if we left our friend Cookie Monster out of the festivities.
A containment boom is a temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill. Booms are used to reduce the possibility of polluting shorelines and other resources, and to help make recovery easier. Booms help to concentrate oil in thicker surface layers so that skimmers, vacuums, or other collection methods can be used more effectively. They ...