a fool and his money are soon parted »
It is easy to get money from foolish people, especially rich ones.
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a friend in need is a friend indeed »
A true friend is one who helps you when you are in need.
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a house is not a home »
A home is not merely a building but requires inhabitants and a friendly atmosphere.
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a little bird told me »
Of information which was gathered from a source not to be overtly exposed.
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a man is known by the company he keeps »
People are similar in character to their friends.
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a picture paints a thousand words »
A visualisation is a better description than a verbal description.1971, David Gates (of Bread), If, from Manna album:If a picture paints a thousand wordsThen why can't I paint you;The words will never showThe you I've come to know.1989, Alan Kay, quoted in K?o-tung Huang, Timothy D. Huang, Introduction to Chinese, Japanese and Korean Computing, World Scientific, ISBN 9971506645, p. 9:Most human beings, no matter how familiar they are with abstract symbols, respond to voice and images better than written language. In other words, A picture paints a thousand words.2006, Paul Shakespeare, Building a Dune Buggy: The Essential Manual, ISBN 1904788734, p. 52:See accompanying diagram: a picture paints a thousand words, and all that!
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above the law »
Exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else.
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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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act out »
To go through the process of a scene from a play, a charade or a pointless exercise.
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against the grain »
Contrary to what is expected; especially, of behavior different from what society expects.
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all the time »
Very often; frequently.
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am I right or am I right »
Rhetorical question from somebody who has stated what they consider to be an unassailable truth.
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an apple a day »
Healthy eating and living using traditional temperate-zone fresh foods.
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an axe to grind »
A grievance, with implications of confrontation.
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an offer one can't refuse »
An offer from one side in any transaction with terms so attractive that the other side is almost guaranteed to accept.
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