Teach an old dog new tricks
| It is impossible to change someone's ways or habits, especially if he is old and resists change | |
That's where the shoe pinches
| That's the source or cause of a problem or an annoyance | |
There are none so blind as those that will not see
| People ,who never admit they might be wrong, refuse to listen to the opinions or ideas of anyone | |
There are none so deaf as those who will not hear
| People sometimes hear only what they want to hear | |
There's more than one way to skin a cat
| There is more than one way of getting a job done | |
The thin end of the wedge
| That something can appear to be small and of no particular importance - yet it can turn out to be the beginning of a major problem. | |
A thing of beauty is a joy forever
| It means that though something beautiful may not last, the happy memory of it will live forever. | |
Time heals old wounds
| The passing of time helps us to forget things that have caused us pain or made us unhappy. | |
The truth will out
| Truth about something will eventually be discovered or made known | |
Turn up like a bad penny
| Something or someone disliked just won't go away | |
Two wrongs do not make a right | If a person does something to harm or offend us, that's wrong. If we do something to harm them back, that's wrong too. | |
Uneasy is the head that wears the crown
| Notable or important people are often concerned about losing their positions. | |
Waste not, want not
| If we're careful and waste nothing we'll never go without things we need. | |
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
| Most men love to eat so feed your husband well and he will always love you. | |
Wear out one's welcome
| One is no longer welcome, usually because he has become a nuisance | |
When poverty comes in the door, love flies out the window | As soon as a happily married couple begin having financial problems and the bills pile up their love will disappear. | |
Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl
| If we associate with bad companions we, too, will become bad | |
You pays your money and you takes your chances
| A humorous way of saying that we sometimes must trust in luck when buying something. | |
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them
| If you are rich and successful, you will attract many friends, but if you should suffer hardship or have misfortune ( adversity ), your friends will quickly depart. |
Friday, June 27, 2014
Teach an old dog new tricks
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