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Truthiness - surprise winner of the 2006 wordlist

truthiness (noun)

1 : “truth that comes from the gut, not books” (Stephen Colbert, Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report,” October 2005)
2 : “the quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true, rather than concepts or facts known to be true” (American Dialect Society, January 2006)
The word list this year says something about this year filled with terrorism, and the American invasion of Iraq. Looking at the top 10 one can deduce the negative sentiment in the American public. The top 10 list as published by merriam webster is as follows:
  1. Truthiness
  2. google
  3. decider
  4. war
  5. insurgent
  6. terrorism
  7. vendetta
  8. sectarian
  9. quagmire
  10. corruption

Suprsingly two words in there have found there place in the top 10 earlier. The word insurgent was popular in 2004 and the word Quagmire a year before that. Atleast one of the words interestingly found in place after the movie V for Vendetta. But then again it found surprising usage in the political spectrum as well.

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The search engine cache to the help

Folks,

   There are times when you really wanted to have an undo button in life and especially for editors who work on a fast pace we really need a easier way to backup earlier posts. There seems to be an answer to this, the search engine cache systems in Google, Yahoo and Live. These hold on to the previous cached pages until they do the next set of crawl and update. What this provides us is a way to restore back old content if you deleted some by online content editors. These editors although very handy the number of undo’s is very limited than what is offered by word. And there is a reason for this anyway.

  So if you seem to have lost content there are two places to look one is the search engine caches. Based on how popular is your site with specific engine it may get updated at different frequencies. So you probably could be looking at a few revisions across the engines which can be very handy at times. The other place to look at would be the archive.org website which always amazes me on how much storage these folks have dedicated to this project. Wow years and years of your content is right there mostly for the popular pages right there and if you like to resurrect a few of these then you just go there and fill in the contents.

 Alright i am back to adding content related to dictionaries that would be more useful to the visitors. But hope this can come handy for someone in the future. :-)

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List of English Proverbs

A bad carpenter quarrels with his tools.
A bad workman always blames his tools.
A baited cat may grow as fierce as a lion.
A bird in hand is better than two in the bush.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A black hen lays a white egg.
A blind hen can sometimes find a grain of wheat.
A book that is shut is but a block.
A boot licker.
A burnt cat will avoid a cold stove. A burnt child dreads the fire.
A cat may look at the king.
A creeking gate hangs long.
A diamond in the dunghill.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A fox smells its own lair first.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
A good man is hard to find.
A good surgeon has an eagle’s eye, a lion’s heart, and a lady’s hand.
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
A house is not a home.
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
A change is as good as a rest.
A jack of all trades is master of none.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
A leopard cannot change its spots.
A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on.
A lie has no legs.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.
A man’s best fortune, or worst, is his wife.
A merry heart makes a long life.
A miss is as good as a mile.
A monkey remains a monkey though dressed in silk. A leopard can not change his spots.
A near neibour is better than a far dwelling kinsman. Water afar does not quench a fire at home.
A new broom sweeps clean.
A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
A person is known by the company he keeps.
A picture paints a thousand words.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
A rolling stone gathers no moss (old version).
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A soft answer turns away wrath.
A sound mind in a sound body.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A stitch in time, saves nine.
A thin bush is better than no shelter.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
A true word needs no oath.
A velvet saddle doesn’t fit on the back of a jackass.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
A watched pot never boils.
A woman’s place is in the home.
A woman’s work is never done.
A word spoken is past recalling.
A word to the wise is enough.
A word to the wise is sufficient.
Abandon not your old clotes till you get your new.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Actions speak louder than words.
After a storm comes a calm.
After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.
After us the deluge.
All flowers are not in one garland.
All good things come to an end.
All good things come to he who waits.
All good things must come to an end.
All roads lead to Rome.
All that glisters is not gold.
All that glitters is not gold.
All the world loves a lover.
All things come to him who waits.
All things must pass.
All things thrive on thrice.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All you need is love.
All’s fair in love and war.
All’s well that ends well.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
An ass loaded with books think himself a scholar.
An Englishman’s home is his castle.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
An innocent bystander often gets beaten up.
An old eagle is better than a young bird.
An onion will not produce a rose.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
April is the cruellest month.
April showers brings May flowers.
As like as chalk and cheese.
As the old cock crows so crows the young.
As the old hen crows, so crows her chicks.
As the saying goes.
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
As you sow so shall you reap.
As you sow, so shall you reap.
Ask and you shall receive.
Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
At home a lion, outide a lamb.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Beat the shit out him.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Love is blind.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Beggars can’t be choosers.
Begin with a big bang and end with a bust.
Behind every great man there’s a great woman.
Better be the head of a lizard than the tail of a lion.
Better have an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
Better late than never.
Better safe than sorry.
Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.
Better the devil you know than the devil that you don’t know.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don’t.
Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt.
Between two stools, one falls to the ground. To straddle the fence.
Between two stools.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Big mouthfuls often choke.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Birth is much, breeding is more.
Bitter pills may have blessed effects.
Blood is thicker than water.
Blood will out.
Boys will be boys.
Brain is better than brawn.
Bread is the staff of life.
Bring up a raven and he will peck out your eyes.
Broken bones well set become stronger.Storm Makes oaks take deeper root.
Burn not your house to fright the mouse away.
Butter is gold in the morning, silver at noon, lead at night.
Cast ne’er a clout till May is out.
Cider on beer, never fear; beer upon cider, makes a bad rider.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Clothes don’t make the man.
Coin a phrase.
Cold hands warm heart.
Comparisons are odorous.
Count you blessings.
Cowards die many times, but a brave man only dies once.
Cross the stream where it is the shallowest.
Crows are black all over the world.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Cut off your nose to spite your face.
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Danger is next neighbor to security.
Danger passed, God forgotten.
Dead men tell no tales.
Desperate diseases must have desperate cures.
Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies.
Different sores must have different salves.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Diseases come on horseback, but steal away on foot.
Distance lends enchantment.
Do a man a good deed and he will never forgive you. Save a stranger from the sea, and he’ll turn your enemy.
Do as you would be done by.
Do not bite off more than you can chew.
Do unto others as you would have done to you.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Doctors make the worst patients.
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
Don’t burn your bridges before they’re crossed.
Don’t burn your bridges behind you.
Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.
Don’t cross a bridge until you come to it.
Don’t cross the bridge till you come to it.
Don’t cry over spilt milk.
Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.
Don’t have too many irons in the fire.
Don’t change horses in midstream.
Don’t keep a dog and bark yourself.
Don’t let the bastards grind you down.
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill.
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
Don’t put new wine into old bottles.
Don’t put the cart before the horse.
Don’t rock the boat.
Don’t shut the barn door after the horse is gone.
Don’t shut the gate after the horse has bolted.
Don’t spit into the wind.
Don’t spoil the ship for a ha’pworth of tar.
Don’t take your harp to the party.
Don’t teach your grandmother how to suck an egg.
Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater.
Don’t try to teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Don’t try to walk before you can crawl.
Don’t upset the apple-cart.
Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Draw the snake from its hole by another man’s hand Draw the snake from its hole by another man’s hand.
Early bird gets the worm.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
East or West, home is best.
East, West, home’s best. There is no place like home.
Easy come easy go.
Eat to live, don’t live to eat.
Eat when you’re hungry, and drink when you’re dry.
Eloquence is silver, silence is golden.
Empty barrels make the most sound.
Empty vessels make the greast sound.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is enough.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Even a flea can bite.
Even a worm will turn.
Every blade of grass has its share of the dews.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Every cook commends his own sauce. Even an ass loves to hear himself bray.
Every dark cloud has a silver lining.
Every disease will have its course Every dog has his day.
Every dog has its day.
Every man diverts water to his own mill.
Every man has a price.
Every man has his price.
Every potter praises his own pot.
Every rule has its exception.
Every sluggard has his excuses.
Every stick has two ends.
Every wench has her sweetheart, and the dirtiest the most. Every Jack has his Jill.
Every why has a wherefore.
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Everything comes in time to him that can wait.
Everything comes to him who waits.
Everything is good in its season.
Experience is the best teacher.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Fairest gems lie deepest. Last but not least.
Faith will move mountains.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Fight fire with fire. Set a thief to catch a thief.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Fine feathers make fine birds. The tailor makes the gentleman.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
First come, first served.
First deserve than desire.
First things first.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Fish and guests stink after three days.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Follow the man you marry, be he a fool or a crook.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Forbidden fruit is the sweetest.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Fortune favors fools. Happy go lucky.
Fortune favours the brave.
Fresh pork and new wine kill a man before his time.
Fretting cares make grey hairs.
Friend to all is a friend to none.
Frosting the cake.
Girls say “No”, meaning “Yes”.
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Give the hog a finger and he will take the whole hand.
God cures and the physician takes the fee.
God helps those who help themselves.
God on his mouth and the devil in his heart.
Good eating deserves good drinking.
Good fences make good neighbors.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Good talk saves the food.
Good things come in small packages.
Good things come to those who wait.
Great men show greatness in youth.
Great minds think alike.
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Haste makes waste.
He borrows like an angel and pays back like the devil himself.
He has two stomachs to eat and none to work.
He that digs a pit for others falls himself.
He that lives too fast, goes to his grave too soon.
He that steals an egg will steal an ox.
He that touches pitch shall be defiled.
He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.
He who hesitates is lost.
He who is in hell knows not what heaven is.
He who knows nothing fears nothing.
He who laughs last laughs best.
He who laughs last laughs longest.
He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword.
He who pays the piper calls the tune.
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.
He who sleeps forgets his hunger.
He who would the daughter win, with the mother must begin.
He wouldn’t give you the paring of his nails.
Health is better than wealth.
Help a lame dog over a stile.
Here today, gone tomorrow.
Hindsight is 20/20.
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.
History repeats itself.
Home is where the heart is.
Home is where you hang your hat.
Homer sometimes nods. To err is human.
Honesty is the best policy.
Hunger is not dainty.
Hunger is the best spice.
Charity begins at home.
Children are to be seen, not heard.
If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well.
If a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing well.
If at first you don’t succeed try, try and try again.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.
If God had meant us to fly he’d have given us wings.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there’d be no work for tinkers.
If life deals you lemons made lemonade.
If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.
If the cap fits, wear it.
If the mountain won’t come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain.
If the shoe fits, wear it.
If wishes were horses beggars would ride.
If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly.
If you can’t be good, be careful..
If you can’t be good, be careful.
If you can’t beat em, join em.
If you can’t beat them, join them. No striving against the stream.
If you can’t beat them, join them.
If you can’t stand the heat , get out of the kitchen.
If you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
If you keep your mouth shut, you won’t put your foot in it.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself.
Ignorance is bliss. Ignorance breeds impudence.
Ill news runs apace. Bad news travels fast.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
It goes without saying.
It is never too late to learn.
It is the first step that is difficult.
It is too late to learn how to box, when you are in the ring.
It never rains but it pours.
It never rains, but it pours.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
It takes one to know one.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
It takes two to tango.
It’s a good horse that never stumbles.
It’s a long lane that has no turning.
It’s all grist to the mill.
It’s an ill wind that blows no good.
It’s an ill wind that blows no one any good.
It’s an ill wind that blows no one good.
It’s better to give than to receive.
It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
It’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
It’s better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
It’s easy to be generous with another man’s money.
It’s easy to be wise after the event.
It’s never too late to mend.
It’s never too late.
It’s no use crying over spilt milk.
It’s no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted.
It’s not over till it’s over.
It’s not worth crying over spilt milk.
It’s the early bird that gets the worm.
It’s the empty can that makes the most noise.
It’s the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
It’s too late to cover the well when the child is drowned.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Keep your chin up.
Keep your powder dry.
Late fruit keeps well.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and, you weep alone.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Lay by something for a rainy day. Repair the roof before it rains.
Learn to walk before you run.
Let bygones be bygones.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Let the camel put his nose in the tent, his whole body will soon follow.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.
Life begins at forty.
Life is too short to waste time on trifles.
Life is what you make it.
Life’s not all beer and skittles.
Lightening never strikes twice in the same place.
Like cures like.
Like father, like son. Ill weeds grow apace.
Like father, like son.
Little enemies and little wounds must not be despised.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Little strokes fell great oaks. Constant dropping wears away a stone.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Long absent, soon forgotten.
Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.
Look before you leap.
Lookers-on see most of the game.
Love is blind.
love me love my dog.
Make haste slowly. The longest way round is the shortest way home.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the Sun shines.
Make love not war.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Man proposes, God disposes.
Many a little makes a mickle.
Many go out for wool and come home shorn.
Many hands make light work.
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Might is right.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Mind your own business. Sweep the front of your own door.
Misery loves company.
Misfortunes never come singly. Adding insult to injury.
Money doesn’t grow on trees.
Money makes the mare to go. Money is the key that opens every door. Money talks.
Money makes the world go round.
Money talks, bullshit walks.
Money talks.
Money will soothe the itching palm.
More haste, less speed.
Much pain, little gain.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Nature, time, and patience are three great physicians.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Never judge a book by its cover.
Never put off till (until) tomorrow what you can do today.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
New broom sweeps clean.
New brooms sweep clear.
No cows, no cares.
No fathers or mothers think their children ugly.
No gain without pain.
No man can serve two masters.
No man is an island.
No news is good news.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
No pain, no gain.
No piper can please all ears.
No rest for the wicked.
No time to waste like the present.
None so blind as those who won’t see.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Oil and water don’t mix.
Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.
Once bitten, twice shy.
One can lead a horse to the water but can not make him drink.
One doctor makes work for another.
One does not wash one’s dirty linen in public.
One good action excuses a dozen bad ones.
One good turn deserves another.
One hour’s sleep before midnight is worth two hours after.
One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
One must suffer to be beautiful.
One rotten apple spoils the barrel.
One swallow doesn’t make a summer.
Only fools and horses work.
Opportunity only knocks once.
Opposites attract.
Out of sight, out of mind. Long absent, soon forgotten.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Out of the frying pan into the fire.
Out of the mouth comes evil Out of the mouth comes evil.
Paddle your own canoe.
Pearls of wisdom.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
Physician heal thyself.
Possession is nine tenths of the law.
Poverty is a stranger to industry. At the work man’s house, hunger looks in but dares not enter.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Practice makes perfect.
Practise makes perfect.
Prevention is better than cure.
Pride comes before a fall.
Pride goes before a fall.
Pride goeth before a fall.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Promise is debt.
Put your best foot forward.
Red sky at night shepherds delight.
Red sky in the morning, shepherds warning.
Rest breeds rust. Fall behind in practice and your skills will be gone.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Rob Peter to pay Paul.
Rome is not built in one day.
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
Rules are made to be broken.
Sadness and gladness succeed each other.
Seeing is believeing. One picture is worth ten thousand words.
Seek and ye shall find.
Set a wolf to watch the sheep. Set a fox to watch the geese.
Set your sail according to the wind.
Shedding crocodile tears.
Shoemakers’ children go barefooted.
Six of one and half a dozen of the other. Two of a kind.
So many men, so many minds.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Spare the rod, spoil the child.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Still waters are the deepest.
Still waters run deep.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Strong men of arms become like soft putty in the arms of women.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Suspicion breeds phantoms.Suspicion has double eyes.
Talk is cheap.
Talk of the devil - and the devil appears.
Talk of the devil and he will appear.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
The accomplice is as bad as the thief.
The apprentice outperforms the master.
The best defence is a good offence.
The best things in life are free.
The blood of the soldiers makes the glory of the general.
The boy is father to the man.
The butcher looked for his knife and it was in his mouth.
The cat is honest when the meat is out of her reach.
The coat makes the man.
The cobbler always wears the worst shoes.
The cure is worse than the disease.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
The Devil finds work for idle hands to do.
The die is cast. He that is at sea must either sail or sink.
The dog that trots about finds a bone. Seek and ye shall find.
The early bird catches the worm.
The early bird gets the worm.
The end justifies the means.
The ends justify the means.
The exception which proves the rule.
The fairest flowers soonest fade. Whom the Gods love, die youmg.
The first step to health is to know that we are sick.
The fox knows much, but more he who catches him.
The giver makes the gift precious.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
The greatest things are done by the aid of small ones.
The hand that gives, gathers. He benefits himself that does good to others.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
The head and feet keep warm, the rest will take no harm.
The higer you climb, the harder you fall. Grasp all, loose all.
The house is a man’s castle.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
The man born to misfortune will fall on his back and fracture his nose.
The more honest the man the worse the luck. Nice guy finishes last.
The more laws, the more offenses.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
The more you stir a turd, the worse it stinks.
The mountain labored and gave birth to a mouse. Great cry and little wool.
The nail that sticks out gets banged down.
The nearer the church, the farther from God.
The obstinate man does not hold opinions; his opinions hold him.
The pen is mightier than sword.
The phisician of others himself overruns with ulcers.
The pot calls the kettle black.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
The ugliest girl makes the best housewife.
The warrior lives an hornorable life even in poverty..
The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.
The wise man never courts danger.
The wish is father to the thought.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
There are three classes of people one must not provoke: officials, customers and widows.
There are too many chiefs and not enough Indians.
There but for the grace of God go I.
There is a skeleton in every home.
There is no accounting for tastes.
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
There’s always a calm before a storm.
There’s always more fish in the sea.
There’s many a slip twixt cup and lip.
There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip.
There’s more than one way to skin a cat.
There’s no accounting for taste.
There’s no fool like an old fool.
There’s no place like home.
There’s no smoke without fire.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
There’s no such thing as bad publicity.
There’s no time like the present.
There’s none so deaf as they that will not hear.
There’s one born every minute.
Think before you speak.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Throw a sprat to catch a whale.
Time and tide wait for no man.
Time flies like an arrow. Time and tide wait for no man.
Time is a great healer.
Time is money.
To beard a lion in his den.
To bring coal to Newcastle.
To err is human, to forgive divine.
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
To kill two birds with one stone.
To search for a needle in the hay stack.
To the victor goes the spoils.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Tomorrow is another day. Take things as they come.
Tomorrow is another day.
Tomorrow never comes.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Too many Eskimos, too few seals.
Too many chiefs, not enough Indians.
Towards evening the lazy man begins to be busy.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Truth will out. Truth and oil will always come to the top.
Trying to drive a square peg into a round hole.
Turn of phrase.
Two heads are better than one.
Two heads are better then one.
Two things prolong your life: A quiet heart and a loving wife.
Two wrongs don’t make a right.
Two’s company, three’s a crowd.
Union is strength. There is strength in numbers.
Using a cannon to shoot a mouse.
Variety is the spice of life.
Wake not a sleeping lion.
Walk softly but carry a big stick.
Walls have ears.
Waste not want not.
Waste not, want not.
We all make mistakes.
We can always bear other people’s misfortunes.
We must learn to walk before we can run.
We must take the bad with the good.
Wear two hats.
We’ve arrived, and to prove it we’re here.
What we acquire without sweat, we give away without regret. Ill gotten, ill spent.
What you get dirt cheap is often cheap as dirt.
What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
When in Rome do as the Romans do.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window.
When the calf is stolen, the farmer mends the stall. After death, the doctor.
When the cat is a way, the mice will play.
When the cat’s away the mice will play.
When the cat’s away, the mice will play.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
When you drink from a stream, remember its source.
Where one door shuts, another opens.
Where there is smoke, there is fire.
Where there’s a will there’s a way.
While the cat is away, the mice will play.
While there’s life, there’s hope.
Whistle psalms to a dead horse.
Who keeps company with the wolves, will learn to howl.
Wide ears and short tongue are the best.
With age comes wisdom. Wisdom comes from experience.
Without sleep, no health.
Won the battle and lost the war.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
You can lead (take) a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.
You can not have your cake and eat it too.
You can not make something out of nothing.
You can’t get blood out of a stone.
You can’t have it both ways.
You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
You can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear.
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs.
You can’t make an omlet without breaking eggs.
You can’t make an omlette without breaking eggs.
You can’t make bricks without straw.
You can’t run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
You can’t tell a book by its cover.
You can’t tell a book by looking at its cover.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
You have to crawl before you can walk.
You must drink as you have brewed. As you make your bed, so must you lie in it.
You must loose a fly to catch a trout. You don’t get something for nothing.
You never know what you’ve got till it’s gone.
You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.
Youth is wasted on the young.

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Famous dictionary sexed up with topical phrases

London - Bird flu, blogosphere, Islamophobe and MP3 player have made it into the latest Chambers Dictionary, the august work of record used by crossword fans and Scrabble players the world over.

At 1 800 pages of dictionary text and about 270 000 definitions of about 150 000 words, the new edition, out next month, updates its predecessor from 2003.

But billing the 500 or so words as new is something of a misnomer: they have all been common currency for the last three years or more; the only new thing is their first appearance in the dictionary.

For example, global fears over an outbreak of new entry “SARS” - severe acute respiratory syndrome - was at its height in 2003.

“Sex up” - “to make more interesting or attractive” - emerged from Britain’s exaggerated claims about Saddam Hussein’s supposed weapons capability to justify military action in the same year.

“Congestion charge” - the fee levied on motorists to drive into central London - also makes it in, three years after it was introduced to widespread controversy.

As Samuel Johnson, the author of the “Dictionary of the English Language” in 1755, put it: “Dictionaries are like watches: the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.” - Sapa-AFP

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Thousands of dictionaries are donated to schools statewide

Third-graders all across the state will have a head start on their homework this year thanks to the Rotary clubs.

The organization is distributing 20,000 dictionaries for the kids personal use.

This scene will be repeated in third grade classes in public, charter and private schools. Rotarians are presenting dictionaries to each youngster.

“We at home have said that words form ideas and ideas run the world. that’s what we taught our kids and so dictionaries are a good first step in third grade,” says Sheri Rolf, rotarian.

As students received their dictionaries and returned to their seats, they couldn’t resist the urge to start looking up words.

“I thought it was pretty cool because it had more words than you can find in my regular dictionary,” says Mari Kumura, third grade student.

And why do you need to know long words?

“So you can have a better education. If you know longer words, you might not have to struggle like in college, or high school or middle school,” says Mari Kumura.

It’s called a student dictionary - but it has supplements like the declaration of independence and the U.S. constitution.

“This will be a wonderful resource for them because they have their own personal one at their desk, they can use it any time they like. what I like is all the extra things in there about our country’s history, the presidents, it’s wonderful,” says Jenny Howard, teacher.

Some of the definitions are more complicated than the word - I asked Mari to look up the word “joy.”

“It’s a noun. Great happiness, delight - - elation,” says Mari Kumura.

Matthews - “elation.” Kumura - “elation.” Matthews - “Do you think this will give you some joy?” Kumura - {laugh} “maybe.”>

The kids know how important it is to get a good education - no matter what they plan to do when they grow up.

“Yeah, I’m gonna play major league baseball.” Matthews - “Cool. But you’ll need to know big words to get a good contract, huh?” Pryse - “Yeah. My dad said I can only go to college if i get a scholarship. Which I hope I will,” says Benjamin Pryse, third grade student.

A dictionary is a good start, Benjamin.

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Indio Rotary clubs to donate dictionaries to third graders

The Indio Noon Rotary and Indio Sunrise Rotary clubs, in a joint effort, will distribute more than 1,800 dictionaries — one for each third grade student attending Indio schools.

The Rotary clubs are providing dictionaries to local school children as a part of the “SoCal Dictionary Project”. The project’s goal is to get a dictionary in the hands of every third grader in Southern California.

Each dictionary has an insert for the student’s name and may be taken home to assist with homework in addition to classroom use.
President Martha Mendez of Indio Noon Rotary and Merritt Wiseman, president of Indio Sunrise Rotary represented their clubs in the joint project.

Club members will deliver the dictionaries to Indio elementary schools and present each student with their own personal dictionary.

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Elks Lodge donates dictionaries to students

“Charitable” is one word that some students can look up in their new dictionaries, after the local Elks Lodge decided to donate them to some third-grade classes in Pottawattamie County.

Dennis Clark with the Council Bluffs Elks Lodge No. 531 said the idea came from a state convention in April.

“They talked about the Davenport (Elks Lodge) delivering between 700 to 800 dictionaries to the kids in their area,” he said. “We thought this would be a neat idea.”

The goal, Clark said, was to get a dictionary to every third-grader in the Council Bluffs, St. Albert and Tri-Center Districts and at the Iowa School for the Deaf.

That meant a lot of dictionaries would need to be delivered - 912 books total, Clark said.

The Elks Lodge had talked to Lewis Central School officials, but Larry Hutchinson had recently delivered dictionaries to all the second-graders in the school district in April.

Larry’s late wife, Nancy, died Feb. 11, and taught at E.A. Kreft Primary, where the dictionaries were handed out.

On Thursday, the dictionaries were given away to all the Washington and Crescent third-graders at Washington Elementary.

“It’s neat. It’s cool that the students were able to get these,” said Washington Principal Jason Plourde.

Clark hopes to have all the dictionaries distributed by the Labor Day weekend.

This won’t be the last such donation drive, however. Clark said the Elks Lodge is beginning to look ahead to next year, and hopes to eventually work with Larry Hutchinson with distributing dictionaries to the Lewis Central District.

“We’re just glad to be able to do something like this for the kids,” Clark said.

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A new word order: Dictionaries add terms

Don’t be insulted if somebody calls you a “mouse potato.” It just means you spend too much time at the computer.

And, if you want to include Finland when speaking of Scandinavia, the politically correct word is “Fennoscandia,” which also includes part of Northwest Russia.

The editors at Webster’s New World College Dictionary and Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary have released partial lists of the hundred or so new words to be included in their dictionaries later this year.

You’ll most likely hear the word in conversation or see it in print before it winds up in either dictionary.

Mike Agnes is editor-in-chief of Webster’s New World College Dictionary, headquartered in Cleveland since 1951. He said his staff spends the whole year combing through newspapers, magazines and listening to talk shows, searching for new words ready for prime time.

“There are a limited number of words that fit in the dictionary,” he said. We “include them when they reach a certain level.”

That’s why it took 23 years after the Woody Allen movie about an enigmatic character named Zelig before the name became a noun in the New World dictionary.

Tom Pitoniak, associate editor of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in Springfield, Mass., said there are always words that didn’t quite make the cut, but should have.

“There are a few words that were strong candidates, like “podcast” (referring to broadcasts made over iPods) and “SuperMax” (super-maximum security prisons),” he said. “We tend to want to see the words in print, rather than just hear them in conversation.”

The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary started in 1847.

Pitoniak said he would personally never use the word “mouse potato,” but his 6-year-old son knew the definition of “unibrow,” a single continuous eyebrow.

And that was before the word was added to the dictionary.

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Iran academy set to define 35m-entry Persian dictionary

Iran’s Academy of the Persian Language and Literature starts defining the most unabridged Persian dictionary with over 35 million entries on Sept. 23, the head of the project announced here on Saturday.

According to Ali Ashraf Sadeqi, the plan was proposed in 1997 since the Dehkhoda Dictionary, the most comprehensive Persian dictionary ever published, dates back to at least 60 years ago and does not contain new words and expressions.

The book lacks the new methods of linguistics and lexicography, he said.

Sadeqi believes that like Oxford or other famous foreign dictionaries, the new Persian dictionary should cover all new words even scientific ones compiled by the experts.

Over $100,000 has been allocated to the project, he stated.

“We selected about 1,000 texts, including old and new books, dailies, and websites through which we chose the words,” he explained.

Sadeqi noted that foreign words which will enter the Persian language sooner or later are seen very frequently in the press.

Hence, a comprehensive dictionary should contain all of them, he added.

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Chicken means prostitute? Dictionary upsets parents

A dictionary designed for pupils and middle school students is considered unsuitable by many parents for their kids.

The Xinhua Dictionary with English Translation, published by Nanfang Press in 2003, defines the Chinese word “chicken” as either a kind of poultry, or the derogatory short form for prostitutes. The dictionary also gives “pimp” as one of the meanings of the Chinese word “duck.”

The dictionary describes itself as a “modern, up-to-date dictionary specially designed for pupils and middle school students in the new century.”

An anonymous parent, however, said she thinks some of the definitions are unsuitable for young kids and teenagers.

According to an on-line survey on the People’s Daily website, 560 out of 878 people who took part in the survey think the dictionary will have a bad influence on kids and teenagers, and 322 of them believe the editors should be punished. 318 respondents think the definition given by the dictionary will not harm young readers.

An editor surnamed Zhang with Nanfang Press said in an interview with Beijing Youth Daily on Thursday, “There is only one edition of the dictionary, published in 2003, so any bad influence on pupils is limited.”

He said that if Nanfang Press publishes other dictionaries, definitions of this kind will be deleted.

The country’s most authoritative dictionary, Xinhua Dictionary published by Commercial Press in 2005, and other commonly used dictionaries for pupils and middle school students define “chicken” only as poultry.

There is no connection between Commercial Press’ Xinhua Dictionary and the Xinhua Dictionary with English Translation by Nanfang Press.

The Xinhua Dictionary with English Translation is now unavailable in most Beijing bookstores and on eBay and TaoBao, China’s biggest on-line auction sites. But according to Shenzhen Evening News, hundreds of copies of the dictionary can still be bought in the city’s Shenzhen Bookmall.

Source: Xinhua

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