2015-05-28 Evening: proverbs/expressions

Greg Malivuk
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages
(our grammar book was C1 and C2)
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http://twentytwowords.com/minnesotan-sunbathers-enjoy-summer-by-lake-superior-despite-tons-of-remaining-ice-5-pictures/
(people at the beach while there’s still ice on the water)
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No pain, no gain.

No news is good news. = If you don’t have news, it means everything is probably fine.
(Logically, it could also mean all news is bad news.)

You can’t have your cake and eat it.
(What it means might better be, “You can’t eat your cake and (still) have it.”)

The apple never falls far from the tree. = Children are usually like their parents.

He that nothing questions nothing learns.
(More grammatical: He that questions nothing learns nothing.)

Nothing is impossible. = Everything is possible.
(It could also mean it’s impossible to have nothing. There must always be something.)

All that glitters is not gold. = Some things that look good aren’t really good. Some things look golden but aren’t gold.
(Logically, this means something more like, “Everything that glitters is fake.”)

All the students are not here. = I have an empty classroom. No one is here.
Not all the students are here. = One or two people are missing.

You get what you pay for. = If something is cheap or free, it’s probably low quality.

Scrooge pays twice. / A miser pays twice. / A penny pincher pays twice.
= When you buy things really cheaply, you may need to pay again for something better.

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is (too good to be true). = If it sounds too good to be true, it’s probably not true.
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We only say half of many of these, and expect that the other person knows the rest and understands the meaning.
“Better the devil you know…” (than the devil you don’t)
“If it sounds too good to be true,...” (it probably is)
“Speak of the devil...” (and he doth appear)
“Those in glass houses…” (should not throw stones)
“He who is without sin…” (throw the first stone)
“Out of the frying pan…” (and into the fire)
“When in Rome…” (do as the Romans do)
“A bird in the hand…” (is worth two in the bush)
“The grass is always greener…” (on the other side of the fence)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_names_for_turkeys