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 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 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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ace of spades »
The playing card belonging to the spades suit and featuring one pip.
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act up »
give trouble
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against the grain »
To sand or plane a piece of wood parallel or nearly parallel to the fibers such that splinters forming ahead of the tool originate below the cutting surface.
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albatross »
Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.
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all fired up »
Excited or energized; highly enthusiastic.
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all mouth and no trousers »
Superficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.
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all mouth and trousers »
Superficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.
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and counting »
Used to show that the number previously mentioned is continuously changing, i.e. increasing or decreasing.
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answer on a postcard »
To give a brief answer or opinion.
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April showers bring May flowers »
April, traditionally a rainy period, gives way to May, when flowers will bloom because of the water provided to them by the April rains.By extension, that a period of discomfort can provide the basis for a period of happiness.
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as best one can »
In the best possible way, given the circumstances.
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baby blues »
Period and feeling of depressiveness after giving birth; a less severe form of postnatal depression.
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