Expressions (A–Z)
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Boast not yourself of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth
A proverb warning against excessive self-confidence or boasting about the future...
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Buy the truth, and do not sell it
A proverb in praise of truth and knowledge.
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by a way that is not a way
Figuratively: by a difficult and disrupted path. In a convoluted or complicated...
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C
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Catapult Stones / Sling-Stones
Large sling-stones launched from an ancient siege engine called a ballista, used...
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Constant Dropping Wears Away the Stone / Little Strokes Fell Great Oaks
An expression describing the power of time and persistence to change or overcome...
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Cried over spilled milk
See: “there is no crying over spilled milk”.
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Dead flesh does not feel the knife
The dead cannot feel pain. By extension: A person in a most difficult situation...
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Deceit / Fraud / Falsehood — "Stones of Deceit, Scales of Deceit"
Figuratively and poetically: weights used to deceive — trade or conduct based on...
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distinguished son of undistinguished father/ important son of a common father/ lion son of a fox
A distinguished man from a simple family background.
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Do not bargain when you have no money
Do not negotiate to purchase something when you do not have the necessary money...
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