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Idioms, Proverbs, and Quotations
English as she is spoke
- Idioms
- A Chip On Your Shoulder
- A Dime A Dozen
- A Piece Of Cake
- A Shot In The Dark
- A Slap On The Wrist
- A Slip Of The Tongue
- A Taste Of Your Own Medicine
- Actions Speak Louder Than Words
- Add Fuel To The Fire
- All Bark And No Bite
- All In The Same Boat
- As Blind As A Bat
- As Light As A Feather
- At The Drop Of A Hat
- Back To The Drawing Board
- Beating Around The Bush
- Bend Over Backwards
- Bite Off More Than You Can Chew
- Blood Is Thicker Than Water
- Burn Your Bridges
- Cold Turkey
- Cross Our Fingers
- Dog-Eat-Dog
- Down To The Wire
- Elvis Has Left The Building
- Excuse My French
- From Rags To Riches
- Great Minds Think Alike
- Head Over Heels
- Icing On The Cake
- In Over Your Head
- In The Heat Of The Moment
- It Takes Two To Tango
- Lend Me Your Ear
- Raining Cats And Dogs
- Rains Cats And Dogs
- Proverbs
- A penny saved is a penny gained
- Better late than never
- Call a spade a spade
- Don't put all your eggs in one basket
- First come, first served
- Where there's a will there's a way
- Quotations
- Differences challenge assumptions
- Diversity: the art of thinking independently together
- Freedom is the natural power of every man
- Knowledge is power.
- Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one
- The love of one’s country is a natural thing. But why should love stop at the border