a bad workman always blames his tools »
It is not the tools we use which make us good, but rather how we employ them.
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a cold day in Hell »
An event that will never happen.
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a different ballpark »
Something totally unrelated or of a vastly different scale or scope.
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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 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 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 little bird told me »
Of information which was gathered from a source not to be overtly exposed.
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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 stopped clock is right twice a day »
A normally unreliable person or instrument can occasionally provide correct information, even if only by accident.
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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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about time »
Close to the right time.
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about time »
Far past the desired time.
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about to »
Indicates something that will happen very soon; indicates that something is imminent.
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about turn »
A complete change of opinion, direction, etc.
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