a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush »
It is preferable to have a small but certain advantage than a mere potential of a greater one.
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a bit much »
More than is reasonable.
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a day late and a dollar short »
Action that was taken too late and too feeble to be of any use.
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a different ballpark »
Something totally unrelated or of a vastly different scale or scope.
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a drop in the bucket »
An effort or action having very little overall influence, especially as compared to a huge problem.
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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 gentleman and a scholar »
An admirable person.
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a good voice to beg bacon »
Said in ridicule of a bad voice.
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a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step »
even the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting point
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a leopard cannot change its spots »
One cannot change one's own nature.1597, William Shakespeare, Richard II Act i, Scene 1 (First Folio):King. Lyons make Leopards tame.Mowbray. Yea but not change his ?pots.1611, King James Version of the Bible, Jeremiah 13:23:Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe Chapter 32:End now all unkindness. Let us put the Jew to ransom, since the leopard will not change his spots, and a Jew he will continue to be.1918, Johnston McCulley, Thubway Tham's Inthane Moment:The leopard cannot change his spots, old boy.
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a lie has no legs »
You can't get away with a lie, the truth will always come out.
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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 man's home is his castle »
(US) a proverbial expression of personal privacy and security
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a miss is as good as a mile »
A failure remains a failure, regardless of how close to success one has actually come.
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