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Theme: Phrases

Walk softly
Easier said than done
Can’t beat ‘em
Once bitten
Made to be broken
Harder they fall
What goes around
What can’t be cured
Do it yourself
Run before you walk
Call it a day
Watched pot
Beat around the bush
Strike while the iron is hot
When the going gets tough
Actions speak louder
Cut some slack
Easy does it
Out of hand
Off the hook
On the ball
Bent out of shape
Pull yourself together
Try, try, try again
Practice makes perfect
Live and learn
No stone unturned
Beg steal or borrow
Wear it well
Live to fight another day

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beet red Made by thisbluespirit Theme: Phrases 01. Walk softly 02. Easier said than done 03. Can’t beat ‘em 04. Once bitten 05. Made to be broken 06. Harder they fall 07. What goes around 08. What can’t be cured 09. Do it yourself 10. Run before you walk 11. Call it a day 12. Watched pot 13. Beat around the bush 14. Strike while the iron is hot 15. When the going gets tough 16. Actions speak louder 17. Cut some slack 18. Easy does it 19. Out of hand 20. Off the hook 21. On the ball 22. Bent out of shape 23. Pull yourself together 24. Try, try, try again 25. Practice makes perfect 26. Live and learn 27. No stone unturned 28. Beg steal or borrow 29. Wear it well 30. Live to fight another day

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Theme: Proverbs
1. Арте́льный горшо́к гу́ще кипи́т. (Many hands make light work.)
2. Без кота́ мыша́м раздо́лье. (When the cat is away, the mice will play.)
3. Век живи́ — век учи́сь. (Live for a century — learn for a century.)
4. Где то́нко — там и рвётся. (Only as strong as the weakest link.)
5. Дарёному коню́ в зу́бы не смо́трят. (Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.)
6. За чем пойдёшь, то и найдёшь. (What you seek is what you find.)
7. Из двух зол выбира́ют ме́ньшее. (The lesser of two evils.)
8. Лежа́чего не бьют. (Don't kick a man when he's down.)
9. На Бо́га наде́йся, а сам не плоша́й. (Trust God, but have insurance.)
10. Нашла́ коса́ на ка́мень. (You have met your match.)
11. Свя́то ме́сто пу́сто не быва́ет. (Nature abhors a vacuum.)
12. Ско́ро ска́зка ска́зывается, да не ско́ро де́ло де́лается. (Easier said than done.)
13. У́мная голова́, да дураку́ доста́лась. (A clever head given to a fool.)
14. Хоро́ший това́р сам себя́ хва́лит. (Quality sells itself.)
15. Чему́ быть, того́ не минова́ть. (Whatever will be, will be.)

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Theme: Proverbs
1. 管他三七二十一: don’t care if three times seven is twenty-one (throwing caution to the wind)
2. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩: bitten by a snake one morning, fear the rope for ten years (once bitten, twice shy)
3. 一分錢，一分貨 (you get what you pay for)
4. 抱佛腳: grabbing Buddha’s feet (to leave something for the last minute)
5. 勿以善小而不為, 勿以惡小而為之 (don’t fail to commit an act of kindness because it’s small in scale, don’t commit an act of evil because it’s small in scale)
6. 皮笑肉不笑: the skin smiles, the flesh does not (to wear a false smile)
7. 青出於藍，而勝於藍: blue comes from indigo, but is bluer than the plant itself (the student has surpassed the teacher)
8. 求人不如求己 (it’s better to rely on yourself than to rely on others)
9. 為善不欲人知 (those who do good deeds should not do them out of desire for attention)
10. 察言觀色 (reading the mood)
11. 天下無難事, 只怕有心人 (nothing is impossible if you want it badly enough)
12. 不做虧心事, 半夜不怕鬼敲門: he who never wrongs others is not afraid of ghosts knocking in the night (a quiet conscience sleeps in thunder)
13. 一日千里: a thousand li in one day (tremendous progress)
14. 人山人海: mountains and seas of people (people everywhere)
15. 井底之蛙: frog in the well (narrow-minded, ignorant)

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Theme: Proverbs
1. love is blind, but the neighbors aren't
2. the house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman
3. a golden cage is still a cage
4. time spent angry is time lost being happy
5. a word and a stone once thrown away cannot be returned
6. better to be alone than in bad company
7. don't do good that could look bad
8. duty before devotion
9. waking up early doesn't hurry the dawn
10. every man knows where his own shoe pinches him
11. false hope kills more readily than bitter truth
12. God does not hear you if you do not speak
13. he who assists everybody assists nobody
14. grab much, grasp little
15. in youth we learn, in old age we understand
16. easy to trust a cat once you put the cream out of reach
17. no man so deaf as the man who doesn't want to listen
18. make deaf ears to stupid words
19. money is a good servant, but an evil master
20. a timely shout is better than constant talk
21. revenge is a dish that tastes better cold
22. call bread bread, and wine wine
23. the best bullfighter is the one in the box seats
24. the envious never give praise, they only take it in
25. the lazy work twice as much
26. the more one looks, the less one sees
27. sin carries its own penance
28. the rat that knows but one hole is soon caught by the cat
29. when hunger comes through the door, love jumps out the window
30. hope dies last of all

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Theme: Worldwide Proverbs
1. A confessore, medico e avvocato non tener il ver celato.
To confessor, doctor, and lawyer do not hide the truth.

2. A rubar poco si va in galera, a rubar tanto si fa cariera.
Steal a little, go to jail; steal a lot, make a career of it.

3. Chi fa falla, e chi non fa sfarfalla.
Those who act make mistakes; and those who do nothing really blunder.

4. Chi più sa, meno crede.
The more one knows, the less one believes.

5. Del senno di poi (ne) son piene le fosse.
Graves are filled with after-the-fact wisdom.

6. Fidarsi è bene, non fidarsi è meglio.
To trust is good, not to trust is better.

7. Il bugiardo vuole buona memoria.
The liar needs a good memory.

8. Il riso abbonda in bocca degli sciocchi.
Laughter is abundant in the mouth of fools.

9. L'amore domina senza regole.
Love rules without rules.

10. Meglio essere invidiati che compiatiti.
Better to be envied than pitied.

11. Ne ammazza più la gola che la spada.
Gluttony kills more than the sword.

12. Patti chiari, amicizia lunga.
Clear agreements make for good friends.

13. Se non è vero, è ben trovato.
Even if it's not true, it makes a good story.

14. Belle parole non pascono i gatti.
Fine words don't feed cats.

15. Quando finisce la partita, i pedoni, le torri, i cavalli, i vescovi, i due re e le due regine tutti vanno nello stesso scatolo.
When the chess game is over, the pawns, rooks, knights, bishops, kings, and queens all go back into the same box.

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Theme: Worldwide Proverbs
1. Le vice et la vertu sont des produits comme le vitriol et le sucre.
Vice and virtue are products like vitriol and sugar.

2. Manger est un besoin de l'estomac ; boire est un besoin de l'âme.
Eating is for the stomach; drinking is for the soul.

3. Le remède est dans le poison.
The remedy is in the poison.

4. Hélas! nous n'avons plus l'estomac de nos pères.
Alas! we don't have our fathers' stomachs anymore.

5. Je ne bois pas plus qu'une éponge.
I do not drink more than a sponge.

6. Mon foie a mal au ventre.
My liver has a stomach ache.

7. Bonne cuisine et bon vin, c'est le paradis sur terre.
Good food and good wine, it's heaven on earth.

8. Boire sans soif et faire l' amour en tout temps, il n'y a que ça qui nous distingue des autres bêtes.
Drinking without being thirsty and making love at all times, it's the only thing that distinguishes us from other animals.

9. D' autant plus forte est l' ivresse que plus amer est le vin.
All the stronger is the rapture that is more bitter wine.

10. Le pastis, c'est comme les seins. Un c'est pas assez et trois c'est trop.
Pastis is like breasts. One is not enough and three is too many.

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Theme: Proverbs
1. Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
2. Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
3. A leaf at home, but a camel elsewhere.
4. A frog in a well does not know the great sea.
5. 'The grapes are sour, and not ripe as I thought.'
6. Out of wicked cometh forth wickedness.
7. From the old ox, the young one learns to plow.
8. After death, nothing, and death itself is nothing.
9. The conquered moans, the conqueror is undone.
10. It is crueller to be always afraid of dying than to die.

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