Just for Fun: Proverbs

[bjcowgal]

Hey everyone here is another activity to add to the fun...add a proverb related to the word given...example.

word: Friend

Proverb: "A thousand friends are too few; one enemy is one too many." - Kurdish Proverb

new word: medicine

now someone add a related proverb and then give a new word!

[Ozzie]

An apple a day keeps the doctor away:D

new word: procrastination

[Zoee]

Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today :)

New word: Shoe

[Ozzie]

If the shoe fits, wear it:D

new word: ideology

[bjcowgal]

Proverb: "YAHWEH never lets the righteous starve, but God thwarts the desires of the wicked."

Word: wine

[Scollzie]

"Drink wine, and you will sleep well. Sleep well, and you will not sin. Avoid sin, and you will be saved. Ergo, drink wine and be saved." ~ Medieval German saying. :D

Word: boot

[bjcowgal]

A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on.


New word: speed

[Scollzie]

"The steed does not retain its speed forever." ~ Irish Proverb

Word: platitude

[bjcowgal]

"Actions speak louder than words"

New word: moody

[Ozzie]

"grumpy is, as grumpy does"-me:D

New word: salutations

[bjcowgal]

“Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day. Such is the salutation to the dawn.”


New word: sight

[Ozzie]

Out of sight, out of mind

New word: soliloquy

[bingbangbaby]

Where the tongue slips it speaks the truth

new word: faults

[Scollzie]

"Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others" ~ Dutch proverb

Next word: Love

[Ozzie]

Love is a many, splendid thing.

New word: concantenation

[Scollzie]

"Less is more." :p

Word: honesty

[Ozzie]

Very Good...Mr Lion:D

Now....Honesty is the best policy:D

New Word: defenestration

[bingbangbaby]

Ozzie likes to be difficult :eek: :)

So, huuumm, let's see...

Don't throw the baby out with the bath water?

If you throw a cat out a window does it become kitty litter?

This is making me feel one pane short of a window...:eek: :p

same word: defenestration

[reddogg]

:D

New Word: defenestration

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen (via the window)" ;)

New word: Triskaidekaphobia

[donoho]

Alright...ummm

"A man should be religious not superstitious"

New Word: cloud (I can't think of any big words to impress ya'll with. haha)

[bingbangbaby]

Every cloud has a silver lining

new word: proverb

[bjcowgal]

new word: proverb


Proverb: Don't follow proverbs blindly

New word: rapacious (love the sound of this word)

[Ozzie]

Pride may go before a fall, but wanton greed always comes before disaster:D

New word: supersillious

Probably your best one for defenestration would be this:

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones:D

[bjcowgal]

A slap on the back is only a few inches away from a kick in the butt

New word: Derfunkenscrewden

[Ozzie]

Der derfunkenscrewden ist recht einer gefallen mit auslander dumbkopf!!:eek::p:p:D:D

Ausgang, stadium links!!!

Neue word: zusammen

[Nooker]

Der derfunkenscrewden ist recht einer gefallen mit auslander dumbkopf!!:eek::p:p:D:D

Ausgang, stadium links!!!

Neue word: zusammen


OK I thought we were to only use ENGLISH on these forums.

[bjcowgal]

Der derfunkenscrewden ist recht einer gefallen mit auslander dumbkopf!!:eek::p:p:D:D

Ausgang, stadium links!!!

Neue word: zusammen
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From the Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Derfunkenscrewden), the English translation of Derfunkenscrewden is defined as: When things have gone really wrong. Or when something doesnt work.Used in a sentence:
Jim: "My computer won't turn on."
Bill: "It must be derfunkenscrewden."


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Old Word: Zusammen (which I loosely translated into as meaning "combined.")

Proverb: Units of prayer combined, like drops of water, make an ocean which defies resistance.

New Word: Jackass (if that word is unacceptable and must be edited out...then substitute with "Moron")

[Ozzie]

OK I thought we were to only use ENGLISH on these forums.

I did it as part of the joke:D

[Ozzie]

"There is a big difference between knowledge and stupidity. Knowledge is finite"-Einstein.

New word: fallacious

:D

[bjcowgal]

Oz, I loved it! I laughed when I saw it.
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Old word: fallacious

A new broom sweeps clean
A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners

New word: Arreptitious

[Ozzie]

Glad you liked it:D

Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun:D

New word: scullery

[Lin Shaye]

oh my oh my! You are all a whole lot smarter than me!....

GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT! (pHEW...! I "scraped" by!)

New word: bucolic (I'm not even sure what that means, or what made me think of it, but lets see how smart you all are!!)

[bjcowgal]

"Without a shepherd sheep are not a flock."

new word: tomfoolery

[bingbangbaby]

The only difference between a wise man and a fool is that the wise man knows he's playing.

new word: polyglot (one of my favorite words) :)

[bjcowgal]

Variety is the spice of life.

new word: floccinaucinihilipilification

[bingbangbaby]

Don't judge a book by its cover

new colloquialism :D : incahoots

[bingbangbaby]

Don't judge a book by its cover

new colloquialism :D : incahoots
Gee, I feel like a thread killer... :( let me try again:

new word: truth

[reddogg]

new word: truth

......is stranger than fiction!

New word: idiosyncrasy

[bjcowgal]

Don't judge a book by its cover

new colloquialism :D : incahoots

Gee, I feel like a thread killer... :(
Just for you, bingbangbaby
Old word: in cahoots (UK), defined as -- in league with, colluding.
Proverb: Barking dogs seldom bite.


New word: idiosyncrasy
Proverb: Genius is an Infinite Capacity for Taking Pains

New word: symbiotical

[Ozzie]

United we stand, divided we fall

new word: meritorious

[Zoee]

Good one, Lin ;)

oh my oh my! You are all a whole lot smarter than me!....

GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT! (pHEW...! I "scraped" by!)

New word: bucolic (I'm not even sure what that means, or what made me think of it, but lets see how smart you all are!!)

[bjcowgal]

Anybody can make history Only a great man can write it

new word: crase

[Ozzie]

Never the twain shall meet

new word: peneplanation

[Lin Shaye]

not sure if this is right: "a rolling stone will gather on moss??????" I looked up peneplane, and it says "a land surface worn down by erosion nearly to a plain"....so.... if my stone is rolling down that erosion...it "ain't gonna be gathering no moss!"

new word: peace

[Ozzie]

not sure if this is right: "a rolling stone will gather on moss??????" I looked up peneplane, and it says "a land surface worn down by erosion nearly to a plain"....so.... if my stone is rolling down that erosion...it "ain't gonna be gathering no moss!"

new word: peace

Very good , Lin:D

I was waiting for someone to figure that out. You'd normally never come across a word like that, but seeing as I'm a geologist....well, it's part of the (my word for today:D)

"All we are saying, is give peace a chance"-John Lennon

new word: lexicon

[bjcowgal]

To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles.

new word: stalactite / stalagmite (in honor of your profession, Oz...I love the words, as well as, the quote that relates to those two words.)

[Ozzie]

Harry Potter-"What's the difference between a stalactite and a stalagmite?"

Hagrid-"stalagmite's got an 'm' in it"

"Stalac's find things 'tite', Stalag's sometimes 'mite' "-me:)

new word: farinaceous

[reddogg]

Harry Potter-"What's the difference between a stalactite and a stalagmite?"

Hagrid-"stalagmite's got an 'm' in it"

"Stalac's find things 'tite', Stalag's sometimes 'mite' "-me:)

new word: farinaceous

"Tites" (tights) fall down and "mites" crawl up your legs and bite your bum! :D That's how my teacher taught me how to remember which was which when I was a littl'un.

"Man can not live by bread alone"

New word: empirical

[Ozzie]

Power and wealth, are not always the measure of a man.

new word: polynomial

[bingbangbaby]

Thirteen letters in your name hath you the devil's luck

new word: cantillate

[Ozzie]

Mai pa`a i ka leo,
he `ole ka hea mai

(Do not withold the voice and not call out)

new word: loxos

[reddogg]

new word: cantillate

Oooooooh, now there's a challenge! *reddogg, humming a little Gregorian chanty thing* ;)

[reddogg]

new word: loxos


My goodness! ....and I thought I'd never find a use for learning Greek at school ;)

"If triangles had a God, He'd have three sides"

New word: obfuscate

[Ozzie]

Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent

new word: patrician

[bingbangbaby]

True nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
-Hindustani Proverb

Ok, I'll follow Ozzie's example and throw out a word from my profession and see what all you smart people can do with it: :p

new word: metacognition

[bjcowgal]

old word: metacognition

"A picture paints a thousand words"

"Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and you feed him for life."

"Let me do it and I understand."

"Habits are first cobwebs, then cables."


new word: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

[bingbangbaby]

Ahh!! Now you’re talkin’ my language :) I can’t resist this one (because I'm really a ten year old kid caught in a forty year old's body)!!

Practice makes perfect
-English proverb

“Well begun is half done” --Mary Poppins
“Practically perfect people never permit sentiment to muddle their thinking." --Mary Poppins
"Kindly do not attempt to cloud the issue with facts." -- Mr. Banks
"Sacked! Certainly not! I am never sacked." --Mary Poppins
"I'm sure I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about." --Mary Poppins

A perfect woman, nobly planned,
To warn, to comfort, and command;
And yet a Spirit still, and bright
with something of angelic light
-William Wordsworth

:D That was fun

new word: inamorata

[Ozzie]

"Peace, light and Love"-Alyssa:)

new word: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch

[bingbangbaby]

It takes a whole village to raise a child

new word: improvisation

[Vick]

new word: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch

Ozzie...
Everyone know that is 2 words:p

Proverb.....My dad used to always say... "Walk slowly and carry a big stick..."

Susie??? why do I think of you when I say that:D

[Ozzie]

"To be or not to be, that is the question..."-Shakespeare

new word: spurious

[bingbangbaby]

new word: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch
Ozzie...
Everyone know that is 2 words:p

I want to hear someone try to pronounce it... :eek: :rolleyes: :D

[reddogg]

Susie??? why do I think of you when I say that:D

Probably because I do, walk slowly and carry a big stick, that is ;) :D People quake in their boots when I pass them by :D

[reddogg]

I want to hear someone try to pronounce it... :eek: :rolleyes: :D

There you are, I just did and apologies for the spit all over the place :D

http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch.co.uk/soundfiles/llandad4.wav this chap does it rather better than I :D

new word: spurious

"All that glisters is not gold"

New word: ennui

[bingbangbaby]

There you are, I just did and apologies for the spit all over the place :D

http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch.co.uk/soundfiles/llandad4.wav this chap does it rather better than I :D
:D Funny...thanks for the link
I can't say that word even spitting all over the place :p
New word: ennui
Just standing around looking beautiful is so boring, really boring, so boring.
- - Michelle Pfeiffer

new word: ubiquitous

[reddogg]

new word: ubiquitous

"God could not be everywhere so He made mothers"

New word: pusillanimous