AbU-iKraYeM
09-12-2006, 02:40 PM
WHAT IS A TRUMPETERS JOB? TO BLOW.
MEANING: An adviser, teacher or preacher can only instruct, it is up to the listener to act.
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BLOOD CANNOT BE WASHED OUT WITH BLOOD.
MEANING: Two wrongs do not make a right.
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EVEN THE FIVE FINGERS OF THE HAND ARE NOT ALIKE.
MEANING: All people differ: usually greatly.
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THERE IS BLESSING IN ACTION.
MEANING: Nothing venture, nothing won. Help yourself, and heaven will help you.
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WHEN MAN IS PERPLEXED GOD IS BENEFICENT.
MEANING: God comes at last when we think he is furthest off.
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HE HAS SOAKED A HUNDRED HEADS (PREPARING THEM FOR SHAVING), BUT HASN'T SHAVED ONE.
MEANING: Used of a person who starts a lot but does not finish and so has many monuments to
unfinished business.
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A CHEAP THING DOESN'T LACK DEFECT, NOR AN EXPENSIVE THING QUALITY.
MEANING: You get what you pay for.
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VINEGAR THAT IS FREE, IS SWEETER THAN HONEY.
MEANING: People love getting something for nothing.
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DEBT SEVERS (IS THE SCISSORS OF) LOVE.
MEANING: Lend money to a friend, and he'll become an enemy.
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WHERE YOUR HEART GOES THERE YOUR FEET WILL GO.
MEANING: Home is where the heart is.
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NO ONE SAYS HIS OWN BUTTERMILK IS SOUR.
MEANING: No one advertises his own faults.
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GOOD PERFUME IS KNOWN BY ITS OWN SCENT RATHER THAN BY THE PERFUMER'S ADVERTISEMENT.
MEANING: A good tree is known by its fruit; or, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
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POOR IRON WON'T MAKE A SHARP SWORD.
MEANING: You can't get quality out of inferior raw material.
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AbU × iKraYeM
MEANING: An adviser, teacher or preacher can only instruct, it is up to the listener to act.
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BLOOD CANNOT BE WASHED OUT WITH BLOOD.
MEANING: Two wrongs do not make a right.
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EVEN THE FIVE FINGERS OF THE HAND ARE NOT ALIKE.
MEANING: All people differ: usually greatly.
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THERE IS BLESSING IN ACTION.
MEANING: Nothing venture, nothing won. Help yourself, and heaven will help you.
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WHEN MAN IS PERPLEXED GOD IS BENEFICENT.
MEANING: God comes at last when we think he is furthest off.
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HE HAS SOAKED A HUNDRED HEADS (PREPARING THEM FOR SHAVING), BUT HASN'T SHAVED ONE.
MEANING: Used of a person who starts a lot but does not finish and so has many monuments to
unfinished business.
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A CHEAP THING DOESN'T LACK DEFECT, NOR AN EXPENSIVE THING QUALITY.
MEANING: You get what you pay for.
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VINEGAR THAT IS FREE, IS SWEETER THAN HONEY.
MEANING: People love getting something for nothing.
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DEBT SEVERS (IS THE SCISSORS OF) LOVE.
MEANING: Lend money to a friend, and he'll become an enemy.
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WHERE YOUR HEART GOES THERE YOUR FEET WILL GO.
MEANING: Home is where the heart is.
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NO ONE SAYS HIS OWN BUTTERMILK IS SOUR.
MEANING: No one advertises his own faults.
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GOOD PERFUME IS KNOWN BY ITS OWN SCENT RATHER THAN BY THE PERFUMER'S ADVERTISEMENT.
MEANING: A good tree is known by its fruit; or, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
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POOR IRON WON'T MAKE A SHARP SWORD.
MEANING: You can't get quality out of inferior raw material.
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AbU × iKraYeM