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Educational => English Language Lab => Topic started by: nusrat-diu on October 04, 2012, 05:52:15 PM

Title: Proverbs
Post by: nusrat-diu on October 04, 2012, 05:52:15 PM

"When your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail." (English proverb)

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Post by: nusrat-diu on October 04, 2012, 05:52:54 PM

"It's impossible to awaken a man who is pretending to be asleep." (Native American proverb, Navajo)

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Post by: nusrat-diu on October 04, 2012, 05:53:26 PM

"Luck in the sky and brains in the ground." (Arabic proverb)

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Post by: nusrat-diu on October 04, 2012, 05:53:54 PM

"Still waters wash out banks." (Czech proverb)

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Post by: nusrat-diu on October 08, 2012, 06:00:40 PM

A leopard cannot change its spots. (English Proverb)

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Post by: nusrat-diu on October 08, 2012, 06:01:32 PM

A watched pot never boils. (English Proverb)

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Post by: nusrat-diu on October 08, 2012, 06:02:25 PM

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. (English Proverb)

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Post by: nusrat-diu on October 09, 2012, 05:04:22 PM

A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. (Latin Proverb)

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Post by: nusrat-diu on October 09, 2012, 05:05:31 PM

Where there is love, there is pain. (Spanish Proverb)

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Post by: nusrat-diu on October 09, 2012, 05:08:10 PM

A penny saved is a penny earned. (English proverb)

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Post by: Antara11 on November 04, 2012, 03:20:44 PM

I really like using proverbs in words.

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Post by: nusrat-diu on November 08, 2012, 04:25:45 PM

Thanks Antara Madam  :)

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Post by: nusrat-diu on November 08, 2012, 04:29:24 PM

"Don't count your chickens before they are hatched." (English Proverb)

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Post by: nusrat-diu on November 08, 2012, 04:31:41 PM

"If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen." (English Proverb)

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Post by: nusrat-diu on November 08, 2012, 04:32:50 PM

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." (English Proverb)