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Popular Proverbs & Sayings. Word Order Quizzes for the Brainy Folk
Popular Proverbs and Sayings I
The meaning: Your view of the justness of the outcome of a dispute depends on which side you are on and the degree of personal loss you have suffered.
Popular Proverbs and Sayings II
The meaning: The weather is abominable.
The saying is generally attributed to the American humorist W. C. Fields (1880-1946). He used it several times in the movie
The Fatal Glass of Beer
, but denied having coined the phrase.
Popular Proverbs and Sayings III
The meaning: This is what is usually said ironically when someone tries to gain attention by copying someone else's original words, style, ideas, etc.
Popular Proverbs and Sayings IV
The meaning: Misfortune may force us to befriend people we would otherwise avoid.
Popular Proverbs and Sayings V
The meaning: Whoever makes the biggest fuss gets all the attention.
Popular Proverbs and Sayings VI
The meaning: We should be grateful for what we do get rather than complain about what we don't receive
Popular Proverbs and Sayings VII
The meaning: Even though one's spirit might be willing to resist temptation, one's body may be unable to resist.
Popular Proverbs and Sayings VIII
The meaning: The person who has been talked about secretly is likely to show up unexpectedly
Popular Proverbs and Sayings IX
The meaning: Everybody complains about a problem, but nothing is done about it. The saying is often attributed to Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Popular Proverbs and Sayings X
The meaning: It's unbelievable.
Popular Proverbs and Sayings XI (UK saying)
The meaning: People ask this question when they want to know why someone would do something themselves when they already pay someone else to do that thing
Popular Proverbs and Sayings XII
A humourous definition of home by Henry Ainsley.
Popular Proverbs and Sayings XIII
A humourous definition of tomorrow by Richard Willis.
Popular Proverbs and Sayings XIV
A humourous definition of knowledge.
