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  2. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    A song of the same name was written by Johnny Mathis in 1956. "On Tibb's Eve" refers to the saint's day of a saint who never existed. [5] "When two Sundays come together" [6] "If the sky falls, we shall catch larks" means that it is pointless to worry about things that will never happen. [7]

  3. Stylistic device - Wikipedia

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    The easiest stylistic device to identify is a simile, signaled by the use of the words "like" or "as". A simile is a comparison used to attract the reader's attention and describe something in descriptive terms. Example: "From up here on the fourteenth floor, my brother Charley looks like an insect scurrying among other insects." (from "Sweet ...

  4. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - Wikipedia

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    "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is an English lullaby. The lyrics are from an early-19th-century English poem written by Jane Taylor, "The Star". [1] The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann.

  5. Whistle While You Work - Wikipedia

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    The song was covered by The Kidsongs Kids for the Kidsongs video A Day at Camp, released in 1989. [7] Sony Music included a Children's Chorus version on the 3-CD release Favorite Children's Songs in 2004. [8] A children's parody version of the song often uses lyrics such as "Hitler is a jerk, Mussolini is a weenie.

  6. List of nursery rhymes - Wikipedia

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    Children's parody by Tom Glazer of the song "On Top of Old Smoky". One, Two, Buckle My Shoe '1, 2, Buckle My Shoe' United States United Kingdom 1805 [74] While the first recorded version is of English origin, this song may go back to 1780 in Wrentham, Massachusetts. Oranges and Lemons: Great Britain 1744 [75] First mentioned in Tommy Thumb's ...

  7. Simile - Wikipedia

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    ŋɛu như ɲɯ con kɔn mèo mɛu / Nghèo như con mèo / ŋɛu ɲɯ kɔn mɛu / "Poor as a cat" Whereas the above Vietnamese example is of a rhyming simile, the English simile "(as) poor as a church mouse" is only a semantic simile. See also For a list of words relating to similes, see the English similes category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alliteration Analogy Description ...

  8. 77 of the Best Dad Songs Ever for Your Father's Day Playlist

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    34. The Shires, "Daddy's Little Girl" This song is incredibly personal to The Shires singer Crissie Rhodes, even though its themes are almost universal."This is a very personal song. My dad passed ...

  9. One of These Things (Is Not Like the Others) - Wikipedia

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    The words of the song asked the children viewing the show to figure out which one "doesn't belong". At the end of the song, the actor presented the correct answer. Invented by Joan Ganz Cooney, "One of These Things" appeared in the first-ever episode of the television show [3] and in the original 1968 proposal for the show. [2]