Expressions (A–Z)

The fish rots from the head

Question: Corruption in a company or organization begins near the leadership and...
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The Five M's

By extension: the five central details a journalist must provide: what, who, whe...
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The Five Megillot/ the five Megilloth (Scrolls:Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Esther)

The five books of the Megillah in the Bible: Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lament...
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The flea went up

See: "How did the butterfly get to the top?"
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The flesh of the wild ox and the skin of Leviathan, the booth of Leviathan's skin/ legendary bull (promised to the righteous in the world to come)

A feast in which the righteous will partake in the world to come in a booth made...
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The flowing of horses

See: "The flesh of donkeys is their meat, and the milk of horses is their drink....
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The fog has cleared.

By inquiry: the picture of the situation is clearer and there are additional dat...
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The fool always rushes to the fore/fools rush in where angels fear to tread

A simple person stands out. A simpleton or an uneducated person wants to be firs...
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The fool returned to the path of foolishness

See: "The fool returned to the path of foolishness."
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The fool thinks that all the people are fools

See: "A fool thinks that all the people are fools."
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