Proverb - He who hesitates is lost

He who hesitates is lost:

The person who waits too long loses the opportunity; or, more seriously, delay or indecision may have disastrous results.

Idiom - See through Rose-Colored Glasses

See through Rose-Colored Glasses:

If someone sees things through rose-colored glasses, they see things as being better than they really are.

Tina sees things through rose-colored glasses, so when things aren't going very well, she won't do anything to improve the situation.

Persian: مثبت اندیش بودن

Quotes - Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis:

The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form.

Vocabulary - Lactation

Lactation:

The production of milk by a woman or female animal.

Because of the long gestation and lactation periods, the interval between calving is usually at least two or three years.

Females are often limited further by the necessity to rear offspring by brooding or lactation.

Persian: شیردهی

Story - Woman Shot Next to Her Christmas Tree

Woman Shot Next to Her Christmas Tree:

A woman decorating her Christmas tree Monday was shot in her left arm when a bullet went through her living room window. Police said the incident occurred about 5:00 p.m. A .22 caliber shell casing was found across the street from the victim's home. Police did not find a weapon in the vicinity.

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Quotes - Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde:

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Idiom - Living Paycheck to Paycheck

Living Paycheck to Paycheck:

If someone is “lives paycheck to paycheck”, it means they don't and can't save any money.

During these months I have been living paycheck to paycheck, just trying to survive.

Persian: دست به دهان زندگی کردن، زندگی بخور و نمیری داشتن

Proverb - It Is Best to Be on the Safe Side

It Is Best to Be on the Safe Side:

Don't take risks. Be careful and cautious.

Persian: احتیاط شرط عقله

Poem - Miss You So By Vivien Hodgkinson

Miss You So:

Today I gave you roses
I gave you thirty three,
one red rose for every year
that you shared with me.
as I placed them on your grave
my tears fell silently

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Poem - You cannot put a fire out By Emily Dickinson

You cannot put a fire out:

You cannot put a fire out;   
  A thing that can ignite   
Can go, itself, without a fan   
  Upon the slowest night. 

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Idiom - The Worse for Wear

The Worse for Wear:

If something is the worse for wear, it has been damaged by being used a lot. If a person is the worse for wear, they don't feel well.

Don't you think we should have the sofa recovered? It's looking a little the worse for wear.

Tom looks a bit the worse for wear this morning. I bet he was out drinking with his buddies last night.

Persian: داغون ،کهنه

Quotes - Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin:

Mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.

Vocabulary - Quim

Quim:

An offensive British slang meaning vagina. "Quim” is actually an old Anglo-Saxon word for “cunt”

This is my bargain, you mewling quim. (The Avengers)

When I was just a little girl
I found I had a quim,
I used to put my finger in,
It gave me quite a thrill;
But now that I am 17,
My quim has lost its charm;
Now I can get 5 fingers in,
And half my f—ing arm.

Idiom - Shoot Yourself in the Foot

Shoot Yourself in the Foot:

If you shoot yourself in the foot, you do something to yourself that will hurt you and will have a negative influence on you and your life.

I shot myself in the foot by showing up late for the interview.

Persian: خود را به درد سر انداختن

Idiom - Take Something the Wrong Way

Take Something the Wrong Way:

If you take something the wrong way, you misunderstand what someone says and think they're being critical when they aren't.

Be careful when talking to teenagers as they can be very sensitive and take things the wrong way easily.

Jodie's teacher said teaching her was a challenge. He meant that she was very smart and it was difficult to keep her interested because she learns quicker than her classmates. But Jodie took it the wrong way and thought he meant she was stupid and difficult to teach.

Persian: منظور کسی را بد متوجه شدن

Info - Apes

Ape:

Apes are the animals that are most closely related to humans. Both apes and humans are members of the scientific group of animals called primates. Monkeys are primates, too. However, apes differ from monkeys in several ways. For instance, apes have more complex brains than monkeys do. Also, monkeys have tails but apes do not.

The apes are divided into two categories: great apes and lesser apes. Gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees, and bonobos are great apes. They are larger and more intelligent than the lesser apes. The gibbons are lesser apes.

Source: Britannica.com

Idiom - Neither Here Nor There

Neither Here Nor There:

You can say something is neither here nor there if it's not important, or not relevant.

Her popularity among the other teachers is neither here nor there. What's important is her ability to teach her students.

Our boss says a person's private life is neither here nor there if they do a good job.

Persian: بی اهمیت

Vocabulary - The Lees

The Lees:

The thick substance that collects at the bottom of a bottle of wine.

I will drink life to the lees. (Ulysses By Alfred, Lord Tennyson)


Persian: درده، ته نشین

Vocabulary - Schmekel

Schmekel:

A slang meaning penis.

As long as you got your schmekel clipped and don't wear a cross, you are good. (Howard, The Big Bang Theory)

Vocabulary - Last Resort

Last Resort:

If someone does something as “a last resort” it means they did it after they considered all other options first. This action was their last and least favorite option to choose.

Many countries say they hate war, but they will do it only as a last resort.

Persian: آخرین راه، چاره آخر

Quotes - Rochelle Carr

Rochelle Carr:

Art has a voice - let it speak.

Idiom - Eye Opener

Eye Opener:

An “eye opener” is some event or situation that makes you really think about things differently. It is an experience that gives you more knowledge and a deeper understanding about something.

I had no idea what China was really like before I traveled there. It was a real eye opening experience. It’s a very different place than the western media portrays it.

You should watch that new documentary I gave you about how difficult it is for poor people to get health care in the USA. It’s a real eye opener. There are many more poor people there than I thought.

Vocabulary - Trifle

Trifle:

Something unimportant or not valuable.

There’s no point in arguing over trifles.

Buying a house is no trifle for middle class families.

Persian: چیز کم اهمیت، امر جزئی

Vocabulary - Dole

Dole:

To give something such as money, food, advice etc to more than one person.

Vera was doling out candy to all the kids.

Local officials traditionally lavish entertainment on national officials who dole out money for public works and other local projects.

Vocabulary - Mete

Mete:

If you mete out a punishment or justice, you give it to someone; to dispense or allot (justice or a punishment).

He felt he had a right to mete out physical punishment to the children.

Judges are meting out harsh sentences for car theft.

Persian: مقرر کردن

Stream of Consciousness

Stream of Consciousness:

Stream of consciousness is a narrative device used in literature "to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind. The narrative is in a way that the reader feels as if they are inside the head of one character and knows the natural flow of a character's thoughts, feelings, memories, expectations, and mental images as the character experiences them. Another phrase for it is 'interior monologue'.

Stream-of-consciousness writing is usually regarded as a special form of interior monologue and is characterized by associative leaps in thought and lack of punctuation.

The term "Stream of Consciousness" was coined by philosopher and psychologist William James in The Principles of Psychology (1890).

James Joyce, Katherine Anne Porter, Virginia Woolf, Henry James, and William Faulkner are among the authors most closely associated with this technique.

Persian: سیال ذهن

Poem - Ulysses By Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Ulysses:

It little profits that an idle king,
By this still hearth, among these barren crags,
Match’d with an aged wife, I mete and dole
Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.

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Vocabulary - Fawn

Fawn:

A young dear.

Abandoned fawns have been reared on a bottle, only to die within a few months.

Persian: بچه گوزن

Poem - It might be easier By Emily Dickinson

It might be easier:

It might be easier   
  To fail with land in sight,   
Than gain my blue peninsula   
  To perish of delight.

Quotes - Stanislaw Lec

Stanislaw Lec:

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.