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 lie has no legs »
You can't get away with a lie, the truth will always come out.
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all along »
The entire time; always.
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all the time »
Always; constantly; for the complete duration.
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barrow man »
A man under sentence of transportation; alluding to the convicts at Woolwich, who are principally employed in wheeling barrows full of brick or dirt.
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butter fingers »
A clumsy person who always drops things, a klutz.
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don't shit where you eat »
(idiomatic, vulgar) One should not cause trouble in a place, group, or situation in which one regularly finds oneself.1998 April 14, Nelson Navarro, "Ever faithful, ever true," Manila Standard (Philippines) (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):The guiding principle is Don't shit where you eat. Office romances are always destructive of morale and objectivity.2003 Oct. 8, Jonathan Valania, "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Pussy," Philadelphia Weekly (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):Limbaugh was scheduled to deliver the keynote speech at the NAB convention in, of all places, Philadelphia, thus violating the cardinal law of the animal kingdom: Don't shit where you eat.2006 Sept. 19, Michael Musto, "NY Mirror," Village Voice (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):Mitchell refused to indulge in on-set romances with either gender. "You don't shit where you eat," he told me, plainly.
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end of the line »
The termination point of a railway or similar transportation system.
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feast or famine »
A situation in which something is always either extremely abundant or in extremely short supply.
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gandy dancer »
A railway laborer, especially a member of a crew which carries rails and affixes them to ties.
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his back is up »
He is offended or angry; an expression or idea taken from a cat; that animal, when angry, always raising its back. An allusion also sometimes used to jeer a crooked man.
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keep one's eye on the ball »
My ethos has always been to be very straight with people, tell it as it is. It doesn't often make people happy but I found that over a period of time it's better to be that way. So being straight, also being very focused on your objectives, keep your eye on the ball and not get deflected away from it.
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lead a charmed life »
To always be lucky and safe from danger.
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man proposes, God disposes »
Things don't always work out as they were planned.
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misfortunes never come singly »
bad things or situations always come in groups, they never come in a single way.
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