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One who speaks only one language is one person, but one who speaks two languages is two people. Turkish Proverb [5] One year's seeding makes seven years weeding; Only fools and horses work; Open confession is good for the soul. Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door; Other times other manners. Out of sight, out of mind
Another ad by Barnard appears in the March 10, 1927, issue with the phrase "One Picture Worth Ten Thousand Words", where it is labeled a Chinese proverb. The 1949 Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Familiar Phrases quotes Barnard as saying he called it "a Chinese proverb, so that people would take it seriously."
[224] [225] [226] Ford once advertised its Thunderbird with, "One drive is worth a thousand words" (Mieder 2004b: 84). This is doubly interesting since the underlying proverb behind this, "One picture is worth a thousand words," was originally introduced into the English proverb repertoire in an ad for televisions (Mieder 2004b: 83).
A similar proverb in Japanese is 目の寄る所へ玉が寄る, literally "where the eyes go, the eyeballs follow" but with an understood idiomatic meaning of "like draws like", which can be translated into idiomatic English as "birds of a feather flock together", [13] as may the Japanese saying 類は友を呼ぶ, "similar calls a friend."
kill two birds with one stone: To accomplish two different tasks at the same time and/or with a single action: king's ransom: A large sum of money [59] let the cat out of the bag: To reveal a secret: like pulling teeth: Having difficulty in getting a person or item to act in a desired fashion; reference to a difficult task. [60] like turkeys ...
Light the candles and get ready to sing, because it's America's birthday!. Though it's hard to believe, Lady Liberty is celebrating 248 years of freedom this Fourth of July. But, of course, we ...
"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride" is a proverb and nursery rhyme, first recorded about 1628 in a collection of Scottish proverbs, [1] which suggests if wishing could make things happen, then even the most destitute people would have everything they wanted. [2] It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20004.
One example is the King Seeley "Yellow Submarine" lunchbox from 1968, worth up to $1,300 ($350 for just the Thermos). The most valuable lunchboxes tend to be the ones from the 1950s through 1980s.