Monday, December 05, 2016

Proverbs :

Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is full of happiness and pleasure
Like a bull in a china shop
A clumsy or tactless person
Lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
Once a mistake has been made or an error committed, it's too late to take precautions to prevent it from happening.
The longest day must have an end
All difficult jobs or situations also have an end.
Losers weepers, finders keepers
If someone loses something, he weeps -- but if someone finds it, he keeps it.
Love me, love my dog
If we want a person's friendship we must accept him totally, faults and all.
Many hands make light work
Many people sharing a job or tasks make easier work of it.
The mountain labors and brings forth a mouse
To work hard and long on a project that turns out to be pretty useless.
Opportunity only knocks once
Seize an opportunity when it occurs for it may never happen again.
An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cureIt is even better to be cautious and prevent a misfortune or an accident from happening.
Possession is nine points of the law
In disputes over property ownership, the person in possession of something is sometimes said to have nine-tenths a chance of winning it in a legal argument
Promises are like pie crust
Most promises cannot be kept
Put a quart into a pint pot
 Doing something that's impossible
   
The rain falls on the just and the unjust alike
 No matter how good or bad a person, he must still face the everyday problems that confront us all.
   
The sins of the fathers will be visited upon the children People will be punished for the wrongs committed by their parents, forefathers, or those who have preceded them.
   
Someone's bark is worse than his bite
 People sometimes bark but in time we learn they're not always as frightening as they seem.
   
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
 To do something unworthy just because it gives you the pleasure
   
A stitch in time saves nine
 By taking immediate action we can prevent a fault, damage or trouble from getting worse
   
A straw will show which way the wind blows
 A small incident can reveal an important event

Teach an old dog new tricks
 It is impossible to change someone's ways or habits, especially if he is old and resists change
   
That's where the shoe pinches
 That's the source or cause of a problem or an annoyance
   
There are none so blind as those that will not see
 People ,who never admit they might be wrong, refuse to listen to the opinions or ideas of anyone
   
There are none so deaf as those who will not hear
 People sometimes hear only what they want to hear
   
There's more than one way to skin a cat
 There is more than one way of getting a job done
   
The thin end of the wedge
 That something can appear to be small and of no particular importance - yet it can turn out to be the beginning of a major problem.
   
A thing of beauty is a joy forever
 It means that though something beautiful may not last, the happy memory of it will live forever.
   
Time heals old wounds
 The passing of time helps us to forget things that have caused us pain or made us unhappy.
   
The truth will out
 Truth about something will eventually be discovered or made known
   
Turn up like a bad penny
 Something or someone disliked just won't go away
   
Two wrongs do not make a right If a person does something to harm or offend us, that's wrong. If we do something to harm them back, that's wrong too.
   
Uneasy is the head that wears the crown
 Notable or important people are often concerned about losing their positions.
   
Waste not, want not
 If we're careful and waste nothing we'll never go without things we need.
   
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
 Most men love to eat so feed your husband well and he will always love you.
   
Wear out one's welcome
 One is no longer welcome, usually because he has become a nuisance
   
When poverty comes in the door, love flies out the window As soon as a happily married couple begin having financial problems and the bills pile up their love will disappear.
   
Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl
 If we associate with bad companions we, too, will become bad
   
You pays your money and you takes your chances
 A humorous way of saying that we sometimes must trust in luck when buying something.
   
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them
 If you are rich and successful, you will attract many friends, but if you should suffer hardship or have the misfortune (adversity), your friends will quickly depart.

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