Directions to Solve Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom‚ If there is no correct meaning given‚ E (i.e.) ’None of these’ will be the answer. 1. | To make clean breast of | | A. | To gain prominence | B. | To praise oneself | C. | To confess without of reserve | D. | To destroy before it blooms | E. | None of these | Answer & ExplanationAnswer: Option CExplanation:No answer description available for this
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Proverbs If love had eyes‚ it would not care if you have good looks or not. If love had ears‚ it would only care if you forgive. If it had a nose‚ even the worst scent will be pleasing. But it requires a good heart or else it would be wont welcome. - Mason Samuels To win the game in times of trouble‚ don’t play the game.( Meaning that if you are in an argument and you can’t win
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Irish Proverbs Masuma Kabir 082458015 Eng 215 IRISH PROVERBS Studying proverbs from different cultures can help us understand the similarities and differences of other cultures compared to our own. The proverbs of some different cultures can be used to illustrate the differences between cultures. Whether called maxims‚ clichés‚ idioms‚ expressions or sayings‚ proverbs are small statements of general truths about people’s values and beliefs‚ which may be applied to common situations
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A Research on the Translation of English Proverbs A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts Chen Donglin Under the Supervision of Wang Li Department of Foreign Languages‚ Jingu College‚ Tianjin Normal University May 2010 Contents Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………...............i Abstract (English)…………………………………………………………………….ii Abstract (Chinese)……………………………………………………………………iii Introduction …………………………………………………………………………
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Chinese proverbs • o Literally: A drop of water shall be returned with a burst of spring. o Meaning: Even if it was just a little help from others‚ you should return the favor with all you can when others are in need. • ， o Literally: If one person is not hungry‚ the whole family is not hungry. o Meaning: Families will make sacrifices for individual members of the family. o Common Misunderstanding: If one person in the family is happy‚ the whole family is happy. • ‚ o Literally:
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“Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.” ― Brian Tracy tags: knowledge‚ lifelong-learning “There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time‚ when he was an old man‚ to learn music and dancing‚ and thought it time well spent.” ― Michel de Montaigne tags: learning‚ lifelong-learning‚ philosophy
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Proverbs: 1) A not to the wise and arod to the otherwise. Latoon k bhoot baton say nai mantay. (Urdu meaning) 2) A sinful man going to the bath in the Ganges. 100 chohay kah kar billi hajj ko chali. (Urdu meaning) 3) A bad penny always comes back. Khota sika kisi ko kabool nai. (Urdu meaning) 4) Business is business. Soda phir soda hai. (Urdu meaning) 5) Distance lends charm to the view. Dour k dhol suhanay. (Urdu meaning) 6) A bird in hand is worth two in the
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thousand words This term which means a story told by pictures as well as a vast amount of descriptive text comes from the quotation ’One picture is worth ten thousand words’‚ Frederick R. Barnard in Printer’s Ink‚ 8 Dec 1921 retelling a Chinese proverb Diamond in the rough A diamond in the rough means someone of good character who lacks social graces. 1. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Our feeling for those we love increases when we are apart from them. Blow off some steam To enjoy
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Haste makes waste. “Haste makes waste” which is an old saying accepted almost by [almost] everyone. Some people are prone to do the tasks as quickly as they can but then they realize that everything got wrong. From my point of view‚ we should not do things precipitately but instead we should act carefully. For a start‚ haste makes us lose our attention.{"lose our attention" is odd - maybe "haste can prevent us from paying proper attention"} The main reason is that we only think about consequences
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Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Brusov Theme: Idioms in newspaper style Faculty of foreign languages 3th coarse‚ 4th group Student: Grigoryan Victoria Supervisor: Nina Mnatsakanyan Yerevan 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction…………………..…………………………………………………..……3 Chapter 1: Idiom‚ general characteristics……………….…………………….…..5 Chapter 2: Newspaper style …………..….… ……………………………….……13 Conclusion…………………………….…………………………………..………….23 Bibliography…………………………….………………………………………….…25 INTRODUCTION Today
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