Idioms – Those Classics: Recent Episodes
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Culture Love me, love my dog. Business is business. /Call a spade a spade. Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle. Feather by feather the goose is plucked. Still waters run deep. Two heads are better than one. /Four eyes see more than two. Between you and me. Each bird loves to hear himself … Continue reading "Idioms：Culture"
Appraisement Measure for measure. /Give tit for tat. A miss is as good as a mile. /A little too late is much too late. Have an eye to the main chance. The eye is the mirror of the soul. Call no man great before he is dead. There are two sides to every story. Better … Continue reading "Idioms：Appraisement"
Description It’s raining cats and dogs. Wave after wave. /It never rains but it pours. Cut to the quick. A home from home. /Feel at home. Know what’s what. Talk of the devil and he will appear. /Speak of the angels, and you will hear their wings. Give one a mouthful of moonshine. Burn the … Continue reading "Idioms：Description"
Cause He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned. Out of nothing comes nothing. For want of a nail, the shoe is lost; for want of a shoe, the horse is lost; and for want of a horse, the rider is lost. The tree falls not at the first stroke. The hand … Continue reading "Idioms：Cause"
Contrast Diamond cut diamond. The moon is not seen where the sun shines. He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin. The pot calls the kettle black. /One ass nicknames another “Long-ears”. A bad workman quarrels with his tools. Like draws to like. /Birds of a feather flock together. Scratch a … Continue reading "Idioms：Contrast"
Satire As close as a clam. It takes two to make a quarrel. You cackle often, but never lay an egg. Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty. /Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It is a foolish … Continue reading "Idioms：Satire"
Warning One wrong step may bring a great fall. Let sleeping dogs lie. Look before you leap. Have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain. It is too late to spare when the bottom is bare. Put your finger into the fire, and they say it was your misfortune. Little chips light … Continue reading "Idioms：Warning"
Encouragement Rome was not built in a day. One can’t put back the clock. If you lie upon roses when young, you’ll lie upon thorns when old. Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today. Keep it up. /Perseverance will prevail. Don’t cross a bridge before you come to it. /Don’t meet the … Continue reading "Idioms：Encouragement"
Expectation April and May are the key of the year. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. Storms make oaks take deeper roots. He is born in a good hour who gets a good name. Take it easy. No pain, no gain. Step by step the ladder is ascended. No sweet … Continue reading "Idioms：Expectation"
Character and Learning In doing we learn. Though old and wise, yet still advise. Practice makes perfect. What the heart thinks the tongue speaks. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Take a back seat. Not to advance is to go back. Even Homer sometimes nods. Truth may sometimes come out of the … Continue reading "Idioms：Character and Learning"