a cold day in Hell »
An event that will never happen.
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a dumb priest never got a parish »
(Irish) Those who fail to speak up fail to get what they want.
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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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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 watched kettle never boils »
Alternative form of a watched pot never boils.
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a watched pot never boils »
A process appears to go more slowly if one waits for it rather than engaging in other activities.
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all the same »
Anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless.
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apple never falls far from the tree »
Alternative form of apple does not fall far from the tree.
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at latter Lammas »
Never.
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barking dogs never bite »
Alternative form of barking dogs seldom bite.
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barking dogs seldom bite »
People who make big threats never usually carry them out.
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be that as it may »
Even if that is the case; whether that is true or not; nevertheless.
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better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all »
Having experience of love, even if it ended, is better than having no experience of love.Love is worthwhile despite the pain involved in separation.
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blind date »
A romantic meeting between two people who have never met before.
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chalkface »
A musical concept or genre in which music is completely improvised and never played twice. Most often mixing elements of hip-hop, metal, punk and avant-garde jazz.
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