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" As Cool As A Cucumber".........
Extremely calm; imperturbable. |
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Set the bar high .... or .....Raise the bar
Setting the bar high indicates that there are certain standards or expectations to meet. Raise the bar indicates that new standards and expectations are implemented to either improve an product or thing or even an relationship. |
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"Neck Of The Woods" .......
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"Paint the town red"............
Go out for a special occasion. Spend an evening out of the house doing something fun like diner or dancing or both |
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"Where There's Smoke There's Fire"...............
There are rumors or signs that something is true so it must be at least partly true. There's always some reason for a rumor. |
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"Burning The Candle At Both Ends"...................
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"Thicker Than Thieves"...............
Phrase describing a close personal bond between two or more people or inseparable friends. Suggests that those who are thicker than thieves will not forsake or betray each other. |
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"Strike While The Iron's Hot"..............
Make use of an opportunity immediately. To make the most of an opportunity or favorable conditions while one has the chance to do so |
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"Head And Shoulders Above the Rest"....................
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"You're All Wet"....................
To be mistaken; wrongheaded; on the wrong track. |
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A Single Sparrow in the Hand is much better than a Thousand Sparrows Flying
This idiom is much older than the "Bird in the hand" cultural idiom in modern day terms. Back in the 6th century (BCE), according to the Proverbs of Ahiquar, this phrase means that it's better to have an small certain advantage rather than an MERE POTENTIAL of many uncertain advantages. |
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"You Said A Mouth Full"............
You said exactly what needed to be said; What you said was very meaningful and had great impact! To say something true, important, etc |
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"Haste Makes Waste"................
You do not save any time by working too fast; hurrying will cause you to make mistakes, and you will have to take extra time to do the job over again. If you try to do something quickly, without planning it, you're likely to end up spending more time, money, etc, doing it. |
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Proverbs of Ahiqar
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Here is a set of background information to read, in order of appearance, for those interested. Check out the page about Proverbs of Ahiqar first, then all others in order as listed: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stor...ar?wprov=sfla1 http://jewishchristianlit.com/Texts/...es/Ahiqar.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elep...ri?wprov=sfla1 http://www.egyptianmyths.net/elephant.htm https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/elephantine http://www.elephantineblog.com/2017/...ort-story.html |
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"The whole kit and caboodle"..........
A collection of things. Sidebar: This expression is a redundancy, for kit has meant "a collection or group" since the mid-1700s though this meaning survives only in the full idiom today, and caboodle has been used with the same meaning since the 1840s. In fact caboodle is thought to be a corruption of the phrase kit and boodle, another redundant phrase, since boodle also meant "a collection." Regardless I rather enjoy this idiom! |
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"Be Whistling Dixie". ...........
To have an unrealistic, usually overly optimistic, view of something. |
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You Ain't Just Whistling' Dixie.............
To be right about something! Being serious, not kidding. |
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"Birds Of A Feather Flock Together"..........
People who have similar interests, ideas, or characteristics tend to seek out and/or associate with one another. |
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There Is No Fool Like An Old Fool".................
Old people are supposed to be wise, so if an old person behaves foolishly, it is worse than a young person behaving foolishly. Used to say that a foolish old person is especially foolish because an old person should have learned from experience not to make the same mistakes. |
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