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One half of the world does not know how the other half lives; One hand washes the other; One kind word can warm three winter months; One man's meat is another man's poison; One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter; One man's trash is another man's treasure; One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb
Wit is a form of intelligent humour—the ability to say or write things that are clever and typically funny. [1] Someone witty is a person who is skilled at making clever and funny remarks. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Forms of wit include the quip , repartee , and wisecrack .
In English, bahuvrihis can be identified and the last constituent is usually a noun, while the whole compound is a noun or an adjective. The accent is on the first constituent. English bahuvrihis often describe people using synecdoche: flatfoot, half-wit, highbrow, lowlife, redhead, tenderfoot, long-legs, and white-collar.
Half-dozen 6 Six of something Decade: 10 Primarily denotes ten years, but occasionally refers to ten of something Duo: 2 In reference to people engaged in an endeavor together, as in musical performance (other words denote three or more people in the same context: trio, quartet, etc.) Grand: 1,000
"Half-Wit" is the fifteenth episode of the third season of House and premiered on the Fox network on March 6, 2007. Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Dave Matthews guest stars in the episode as Patrick, a savant and piano prodigy who comes under the care of Dr. House (Hugh Laurie) for a rare movement disorder.
One of the most popular coffee add-ins is half-and-half, a mixture composed with equal parts cream and whole milk. It’s used to sweeten coffee while also making the texture richer and more velvety.
Lord John Russell (c. 1850) observed poetically that a "proverb is the wit of one, and the wisdom of many." [ 9 ] [ 10 ] But giving the word "proverb" the sort of definition theorists need has proven to be a difficult task, and although scholars often quote Archer Taylor 's argument that formulating a scientific "definition of a proverb is too ...
This definition of the origins of human senses was an exceedingly popular one throughout the Middle Ages in Europe, not least because of its rough agreement with chapter 30 of the Second Book of Enoch. [14] The use of "wit" to describe these five senses is illustrated by The World and the Chylde (at right) and the following two quotations: [15]