There is a tide in the affairs of men …

This comes in a speech by Brutus in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to... Read more →

There is a sin of omission as well as of commission

Here commission is performance, and omission is non-performance. You may be acting wrongly in a certain thing; you may be equally at fault in... Read more →

There’s a black sheep in every flock

This implies that there is a scoundrel in every family – a ne'er-do-well who is a is a disgrace to his parents and relatives.

There are wheels within wheels

In complex machinery the wheels that are apparently doing the work are turned by other, less obvious wheels. Figuratively, 'wheels within... Read more →

There are two sides to every question

In any argument or difference of opinion, neither side is entirely in the wrong. Much may be said on both sides.

There are tricks in every trade

Here 'tricks' are not crafty or deceitful or deceitful, but ways of doing something successfully. To know the tricks of the trade is to have... Read more →

There is nothing permanent except change

This was the theory of Heraclitus, the Greek philosopher, who maintained that change is the only reality in nature.

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 →