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Better late than never; Better safe than sorry; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven (John Milton, in Paradise Lost) [8] Be yourself; Better the Devil you know (than the Devil you do not) Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all; Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness
Quaker Meeting, also known as Quaker's meeting or Cracker's Meeting (in the American South), is a child's game which is initiated with a rhyme and becomes a sort of quiet game where the participants may not speak, laugh, or smile, while the player in charge of the "meeting" may act like a comedian in an attempt to elicit one of the forbidden responses, and so get the participant who broke the ...
Mum's the word is a popular English idiom.It is related to an expression used by William Shakespeare, in Henry VI, Part 2. [1]The word "mum" is an alteration of momme, which was used between 1350 and 1400 in Middle English with very close to the same meaning, "be silent; do not reveal".
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Generation Alpha, born between 2010 and 2024, in addition to millennials, born between 1980 and 1994, have seemingly remained quiet about the announcement that a new generation was being born.
"If you’re lucky enough to win the lottery, keep it quiet," Rob Burnette, an Ohio-based financial adviser at Outlook Financial Center. "Get organized and make a plan. Consider staying anonymous ...
The quiet game is a children's game where children must stay quiet. Stillness is sometimes a rule but in most cases not. The last child or team to make noise wins the game. . It is usually acceptable for players to make sounds they cannot control, such as sneezing or coughing whereas talking would cause a player to get o
"Quiet" On a cold October day, the Mistress falls into the lake and develops pneumonia. As the house must be kept quiet during her recovery, the dogs are sent to a boarding kennel, except Lad who is ordered to keep quiet. One night a thief breaks into the house, hoping to take advantage of the absence of the dogs.