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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; Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to ...
A very popular one is "Eşek sudan gelince" (When a donkey comes ashore from the sea) Ukrainian – коли рак на горі свисне ("koly rak no hori svysne"), "when the crawfish whistles on the mountain"; or a longer variant коли рак на горі свисне, а риба заспіває ( koly rak no hori svysne, a ryba ...
Here are 10 common sayings that for one reason or another aren't very accurate. Just because a phrase is used often, that doesn't mean it's true or even apropos. ...
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
These are not merely catchy sayings. Even though some sources may identify a phrase as a catchphrase, this list is for those that meet the definition given in the lead section of the catchphrase article and are notable for their widespread use within the culture. This list is distinct from the list of political catchphrases.
In a social media post on Monday, Trump simply asked in all capital letters: "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" Trump asks, 'Better off today than 4 years ago?' Biden says yes ...
voice of the people: The phrase denotes a brief interview of a common person that is not previously arranged, e. g., an interview on a street. It is sometimes truncated to "vox pop." vox populi, vox Dei: the voice of the people [is] the voice of God: vulpes pilum mutat, non mores: the fox changes his fur, not his habits
In other words, the gods have ideas different from those of mortals, and so events do not always occur in the way persons wish them to. Cf. Virgil, Aeneid, 2: 428. Also cf. "Man proposes and God disposes" and "My Thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways", Isaiah 55, 8–9. dis manibus sacrum (D.M.S.)