a rolling stone gathers no moss »
A person who never settles in one place will never be successful.A person who does not keep active will grow mouldy.
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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down »
An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.
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abound in »
To have something in great numbers or quantities; to possess in such abundance as to be characterized by.
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abound with »
To have something in great numbers or quantities; to possess in such abundance as to be characterized by.
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above and beyond »
More than is expected or required.
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above one's bend »
Out of one's control or power.
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accident of birth »
Reference to the fact that various benefits or detriments to the life of a person arise from the circumstances into which that person was born, these being entirely beyond his control.
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according to »
According to him, every person was to be bought. - Thomas Babington Macaulay.
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according to »
Our zeal should be according to knowledge. - Thomas Sprat.
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account for »
To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.
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ace of spades »
The playing card belonging to the spades suit and featuring one pip.
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across the board »
A racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third.
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act one's age »
To be mature and not childish.
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act up »
To misbehave; to cause trouble.
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add fuel to the fire »
To worsen a conflict between people; to inflame an already tense situation.
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