There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with cream
There is more than one way of achieving one's purpose.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it
Just because you have lost one good opportunity, that does not mean that you will never get another.
Tell it not in Gath…
Don't spread scandal. Keep the story to yourself. 'Tell it not in Gath, but their marriage ins't turning out too well. There's good reason to... Read more →
Tastes differ
We all have our likes and dislike. No two people have the same likes and dislikes, or do things in the same way, so it is a waste of time to... Read more →
Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear
We say this jokingly in shortened from when we are joined by a person we have just been talking about. 'Well, talk of the devil! Here is the old... Read more →
A tale never loses in the telling
The facts of a story are usually improved upon in the telling. Lies are condoned by Pooh-Bah in The Mikado as 'merely corroborative detail,... Read more →
Take time by the forelock
Seize the present moment. Old Father Time is represented as being completely bald except for a lock of hair on his forehead. You cannot catch... Read more →
Sweet are the use of adversity
Misfortunes can sometimes be a blessing in disguise. In Shakespeare's As You Like It, the exiled duke in he forest of Arden finds he has much to... Read more →
The sun is never the worse for shining on a dunghill
Good people are not corrupted by their surroundings.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
Don't add to the difficulties and problems of today by worrying about what is going to happen tomorrow. The source is Matthew, vi, 34 ; 'Take... Read more →