a gentleman and a scholar »
An admirable person.
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a golden key can open any door »
Sufficient money can accomplish anything.
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a good beginning makes a good ending »
Good beginnings promise a good end; start off on a good note to reap the benefits at the end.
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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 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 life of its own »
An independent existence with some characteristics of life.
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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 new broom sweeps clean »
New management will often make radical changes.
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a nod is as good as a wink »
The hint, suggestion etc can be understood without further explaining.
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a notch above »
Superior to; of a higher quality than.
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a penny saved is a penny earned »
A maxim for thrift that says that money not spent may be spent later, or may earn interest in the meantime
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a picture is worth a thousand words »
Alternative form of a picture paints a thousand words.
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