You can't buy time or save it, common idioms notwithstanding. You can only spend it. — Eric Zorn Copy Share Image
Gopal was sharp as a knife-edge where mathematical matters were concerned, but, poor fellow, he was very dumb and stupid in other… — RK Narayan Copy Share Image
“He had a penchant for idioms, sayings, proverbs and the like; some of which he invented or used in a way that… — Javier Marías Copy Share Image
Idioms are a big thing in Ireland. They want to fill the time, to show how good they are at talk -… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
I do not believe in pure idioms. I think there is naturally a desire, for whoever speaks or writes, to sign in… — Jacques Derrida Copy Share Image
“We're headed for Aleph-7. Panty raid." New slang term for the type of operation whose main object was to gather Tauran artifacts,… — Joe Haldeman Copy Share Image
I don't understand why people never say what they mean. It's like the immigrants who come to a country and learn the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“But I did not return until half past four this morning and I distinctly remember stubbing my toe on the stairs. I… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“If he was going to be boiled for a lamb, then he might as well be roasted for a sheep.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There are over 10,000 idioms in American English, and some of them have been in use for more than 2,000 years, while… — Gail Brenner Copy Share Image
Since at least the Middle Ages, philosophers and philologists have dreamed of curing natural languages of their flaws by constructing entirely new… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
“Patience is the antidote to the restless poison of the Ego. Without it we all become ego-maniacal bulls in china shops, destroying… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
“Ouma Nella’s quotes p 144 -146 “Man, if you don’t know where you going, any road will bring you there.” “It don’t… — andre brink Copy Share Image
