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 closed mouth gathers no feet »
One who does not speak can be certain he won't say anything embarrassing.
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a cut above »
Superior to; of a higher quality than.
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a different ballpark »
Something totally unrelated or of a vastly different scale or scope.
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a few sandwiches short of a picnic »
Exhibiting disquiet or unsoundness of mind; not sane; mad.
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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 golden key can open any door »
Sufficient money can accomplish anything.
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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 man's home is his castle »
(US) a proverbial expression of personal privacy and security
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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 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 pull of the hair for being unfair »
The general response to "A kick and a flick for being so quick", which is in turn a response in itself to "A pinch and a punch for the first day of the month".
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a riddle wrapped up in an enigma »
Something very mysterious and hidden.
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