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English Proverbs. [edit] A ? o Play on 'An apple a day keeps the doctor
away' ? A child that does not let its mother sleep ...
... These idioms and proverbs are always in English and they will never be
old-fashioned. They rooted in English and enriched English. ...
... Francis Bacon:- Bacon is the first English essayist ... In fact, some of his statements
are used as proverbs and some of his works are still memorable because they ...
... s prose style possesses are very rare in the bulk of English prose ... Many sentences
are like proverbs, replete with deep meanings like: ?Extreme hopes are born ...
... is not an entirely satisfactory term, however, for the English word connotes ...
foolishness? (14:1). This passage is very interesting because Proverbs has been ...
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o Play on \\\'An apple a day keeps the doctor away\\\'
• A child that does not let its mother sleep at night will not sleep also [Nigerian and Ghanaian Proverb]
• A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
• A poor workman blames his tools.
o Possible Interpretation: Good workmanship depends no more on the quality of the tools than it does on the way in which they are used, so to blame the tools for bad workmanship is to attempt to excuse one\\\'s own lack of skill.
o In former times, a blacksmith would have made his own tools, so the act of blaming one\\\'s tools would rebound on oneself.
o This wording of this proverb also has the double meaning : A workman without much money blames the quality of his tools.
o There is a circular aspect, in that a workman will remain poor without improving his skills, regardless of the quality of his tools, and thus never be able to afford better tools.
• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
o Possible Interpretation: A small amount that you have is worth more than a large amount that is uncertain.
o Possible Interpretation: Something tangible with clear rights of ownership can be sold at market as opposed to something than that which is speculative and not secured.
o Possible Interpretation: This comes from the traditional falconers. It was better to keep the bird that you had in hand (ie trained) than to let that one go to catch two untrained birds.
o Variant: A bird in the hand makes it hard to blow your nose.
o Variant: A bird in the bush is worth two in the hand.
o Possible Interpretation:Sex is better with a partner.
o Spanish version: \\\"Mas vale pajaro en mano que ciento volando\\\" Worth more is a bird in the hand than a hundred flying.
• A burnt child dreads fire
• A night with Venus and a month with mercury.
o Anti-promiscurity adage, alluding to a...
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