Old Dog

New Trick

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You're never too old to learn that you can't teach an old dog new tricks!

Of course, I could be wrong . . .

The Devil's Jobs Program

Shoveling Coal in Hell?

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The Devil finds work for idle hands . . . by bringing back the old coal-shoveling jobs.

Verses on Virtue Versus Vice

Vise

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Doggerel Verses, That Is . . .

Vice is its own reward,
Which draws me ever toward
That said, if sad, back ward.

Sometimes even more than you sow . . .

Investment

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They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind - an astonishingly good return on your investment!

Exceptional Rule

Always a Bad Apple

Sometimes Even a Pear of Them

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There's an exception to every rule - except this one.

Always nipping at our heels . . .

Buddy the Blue Heeler

Daily Mail Australia

Time is a great heeler.

The Law!

British Law?

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The law is an ass . . . in British English.

Does this mean that the law in Britain is a stupid donkey? Not that donkeys are actually stupid. But what are their putative characteristics to which the law's characteristics can be compared? Surely nothing very positive!

Dickens suggests by "idiot" that "ass" signifies "idiocy," but is Dickens the original voice of this so-called proverb?

Math Anxiety

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There's safety in numbers, so go fourth and multiply!

Grammar Rules

Wager Your Wages?

Linked In?

The wages of sin is death to subject-verb agreement.

A Wise Old Saying

Louis Pasteur

Wikipedia

In sermons old, they often say what lies:

The age of miracles is pasteurized.

But past your eyes, it can't at all be seen, though even that won't stop our unbeliev'n.

Ozark Expressions: Excellently Good!

Ozarks

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Here's a good restatement of an excellent, honorable principle:

If you ain't got nuthen' good to say, don't say nuthen'.

Cogitate on that for a while . . .

Scarlett O'Hara's Comeuppance

Gone with the Wind, Cynara

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Tomorrow is another day that never comes.

Plans Gone Awry

 "gang aft agley"

Gateway to Beers

"The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley" - a bit like this line of poetry, which was doing fine till it went "gang aft agley"!

Put your money where your mouth is . . .

Rob Peter to pay Paul

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Peter: "The best things in life are free."

Paul: "Yeah, yeah - and talk is cheap, but silence is golden. Shut up and give me the money."

Idol Eyes - The Devil?

Wooden Idols

Carved by Men

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The devil finds work for idol hands to do.

Procrastination will be defined later on . . .

Procrastination?

Procrastination is the thief of time, but I'll arrest him when I get around to it . . .

A Creature That is Strange

Stranger in Amazon?

That which does not kill us makes us stranger.

When Your Lovemaking Activities are Too Loud

Note the Cursive Writing
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Actions speak louder than words, so SHUT UP!

(This anti-porn message brought to you by Anti-Porn Message Brought to You.)

Don't get mad! Get mod!

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Moderation in all things, including moderation!

Differently Abled

Disability?
Unable to write "disabled"?

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"Put your best foot forward" is ableist advice!

Use an expression that stresses the opposite, for example: "Don't put your worst foot forward." This is disableist advice, the opposite of ableist advice, and therefore better.

Hopeful Little Crooks

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The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, so steal a little since the theft won't be noticed.

The S-Word?

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The pen is mightier than the s-word.

But Sometimes More?

"less is more"

Robert Browning

Less is more or less less.

The Last Place

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Seek and ye shall find it's always in the last place you look.

Strange Locations: Strange Locutions

Pilgrim

at the

Wicket Gate

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No rest for the wicket gate.

Difficult Proverbial Sayings

Dead Burying Dead

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Let the dead bury the dead - and the dead won't get buried!

Sexist Proverb . . . so it must be true!

Knackered Down?

Dictionary Dot Com

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door, but women get knocked up repeatedly!

Glass Houses Revisited

Glass House

Daily Mail

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, fits, or tantrums.

This, by the way, is the glass house concept of architect Carlo Santambrogio, and the article, with its illustrations, can be read here.

Where's a taxi when you need one?

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Nothing is certain but dearth of taxis.

A Man of Few Words

The Four Ce's

Studio GC

It goes without saying: "Remain Unsaid!"