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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Most Commonly Used Idiomatic Proverbs A - C

Below you will find some of the most commonly used idiomatic proverbs in USA and all over the academic and business world.

When i was in secondary highschool, my teacher in English Literature always gave us some exam/quizzes for this topic in order for us, as student to be prepared and know how to use judgemental thinking into actual experience and understanding!
A

1. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
2. Actions speak louder than words.
3. After the feast comes the reckoning.
4. All that glitters is not gold.
5. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
6. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

B
1. Bad news travels fast.
2. Barking dogs seldom bite.
3. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
4. Beggars can't be choosers.
5. The best things in life are free.
6. Better a live coward than a dead hero
7. Better late than never.
8. Better safe than sorry.
9. The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
10. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
11. Birds of a feather flock together.
12. Blood is thicker than water.

C
1. Charity begins at home.
2. Clothes do not make the man.
3. Curiosity killed the cat.

Reference: American Idiomatic Proverbs of US

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