Proverb - A short prayer penetrates heaven

A short prayer penetrates heaven:

The implication is that brevity is effective in winning the ear of Heaven, and, by extension, anyone from whom we seek help.

Idiom - A slip of the tongue

A slip of the tongue:

If you make a slip of the tongue, you make a small mistake when speaking.

I really meant to say Miss Davis, not Mrs Davis, so it was just a slip of the tongue, but Judy thought I was teasing her.

A newsreader made a slip of the tongue when reading out the scores. He said Chelsea had lost by a goal, instead of saying they'd won by a goal.

Persian: اشتباه لپی

Quotes - Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison:

Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you.

Proverb - Death is a remedy for all ills

Death is a remedy for all ills:

When we die, all our problems are solved.

Persian:  مرگ علاج تمام دردهاست

Idiom - Keep Your Nose Clean

Keep Your Nose Clean:

If you keep your nose clean, you stay out of trouble by making sure you don't do anything wrong.
Our son Michael is in trouble with the police again. I really wish he'd learn to keep his nose clean.

It's important for sport's stars to keep their noses clean because they make a lot of money for endorsing products, and they could lose this income if they got into trouble with the law.

Persian:از دردسر دوری کردن

Proverb - When one door shuts, another opens

When one door shuts, another opens:

An optimistic view on life, in which a refusal or failure is always followed by another opportunity.

Idiom - Save the Day

Save the Day:

If you save the day, you do something to ensure success or to solve a serious problem.

It looked like we were going to lose the game, but Ronaldo saved the day by kicking two late goals.

Then a guy rides in on a white horse and saves the day by killing the bad guys and rescuing the girl.

Poem - To Our Ellis By Pamela A. Snow

To Our Ellis:

How does a loving mother, explain
Heaven to her dying child?
Please give me the words, O Lord, and
let me say them with a smile...
There is a place called Heaven, Son,
beyond the skies above,
It is the place where GOD is watching,
His Heart so full of Love.

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Quotes - Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon:

To write a novel, you need an iron butt.

Idiom - Preach to the choir

Preach to the choir:

if someone says, “You are preaching to the choir” it means, “I already agree with what you are saying, you don’t need to try to convince me.”

Story - Man Fatally Stabbed Outside Nightclub

Man Fatally Stabbed Outside Nightclub:

A middle-aged man was fatally stabbed outside a nightclub late Saturday night. Bob Evans died about 1:30 a.m. after a woman stabbed him in the back outside Lovers Lounge. Police who arrived at the club found Evans lying in the parking lot with a bloody ice pick on the pavement next to him. A sobbing woman was cradling the victim’s head in her lap and stroking his hair.

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Proverb - No Reply is Best

No Reply is Best:

It is often advisable not to give any answer. Don't say no. Don't say yes. Say nothing.

Idiom - The Lion's Share

The Lion's Share:

The biggest share or portion of something.

The lion's share of the government's budget goes to the military, when it could be spent on useful things like education, health care and looking after the environment.

The company executives decided to give the lion's share of the company's profits to themselves, in the form of very high salaries, huge bonuses and very generous expense accounts. Not much was left over for staff wages and the shareholders.

Persian: بخش عمده

Story - New to America

New to America:

Nancy was new to America. She came to America speaking only her native language. She brought her 8-year-old son with her. He was all she had in the world.

They found an apartment in Arcadia. They were there for only two months when a neighbor's dog jumped over the fence. The dog ran toward Nancy's son. Nancy put her body in between the dog and her son. The dog stopped when it saw Nancy screaming at it. She was going to punch it in the nose. The dog turned around.

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Vocabulary - Moon

Moon:

US To expose one's buttocks in order to insult or amuse someone.

Patrice turned around, dropped his pants, and mooned us. We all agreed he's got a nice ass!

Teenage boys think that mooning people is really funny.

Proverb - One might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb:

If you are going to be killed for stealing a lamb, then why not steal a sheep (which is bigger and more valuable)? In general, it means that if you are going to get the same punishment, you may as well commit the greater offence.

Idiom - Eat Humble Pie

Eat Humble Pie:

UK If you eat humble pie, you admit that you are in the wrong and behave apologetically.

Jim had to eat humble pie after we proved that what he'd said was wrong.

Some politicians are so arrogant that they won't eat humble pie even when it's clear they've made a mistake. They just say they were "misinformed".

Quotes - Louis de Bernières

Louis de Bernières:

When you fall in love, it is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake, and then it subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots are become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part.

Quotes - Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi:

There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.

Idiom - Late Bloomer

Late Bloomer:

If someone is a “late bloomer” it means that they become successful, but at a later time in life than most people.

Proverb - There is truth in wine

There is truth in wine:

When people are drunk, what they say is often true. People often speak the truth when they lose their self-control.

Idiom - Up to one's neck/eyeballs

Up to one's neck/eyeballs:

If you're up to your neck in something, or up to your eyeballs in something, you've got too much of it and it's become a problem.

I'm up to my neck in emails and I don't think I can get away at the moment.

Christmas is the worst time at the animal shelter. We're always up to our eyeballs in stray dogs and cats.

Persian: تا خرخره

Poem - Frost at Midnight By Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Frost at Midnight:

The Frost performs its secret ministry,
Unhelped by any wind. The owlet's cry
Came loud—and hark, again! loud as before.
The inmates of my cottage, all at rest,
Have left me to that solitude, which suits
Abstruser musings: save that at my side
My cradled infant slumbers peacefully.
'Tis calm indeed! so calm, that it disturbs
And vexes meditation with its strange
And extreme silentness. Sea, hill, and wood,
This populous village! Sea, and hill, and wood,
With all the numberless goings-on of life,
Inaudible as dreams! the thin blue flame
Lies on my low-burnt fire, and quivers not;
Only that film, which fluttered on the grate

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Quotes - Paul Sweeney

Paul Sweeney:

How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?

Proverb - Virtue is its own reward

Virtue is its own reward:

When we do something virtuous or good, we don't need any reward or compensation. The knowledge that we have done good is reward enough.

Idiom - Never say die

Never say die:

You can say "Never say die!" if you want to tell someone to keep trying while there's still a chance of success.

We were two goals down with only a few minutes to go, but our captain wouldn't give up. He was shouting, "Come on, guys! Never say die!"

After falling off his surfboard for the hundredth time, Craig climbed back on and said with a laugh, "Never say die!"

Persian:نا امید نشدن 

Proverb - Give credit where credit is due

Give credit where credit is due:

The implication is that even if we are reluctant to praise someone, we should do so if the praise is deserved.

Idiom - Much Ado about Nothing

Much Ado about Nothing:

If you say something is much ado about nothing, you think it's an overreaction to something that shouldn't have caused so much trouble.

Some people make a big fuss about which table they get in a restaurant, but as far as I can see it's much ado about nothing as long as the food's the same.

All this nonsense about status and "losing face" is much ado about nothing as far as I'm concerned.

Origin: "Much Ado about Nothing" is the title of a well-known play by William Shakespeare, and as a result the phrase has survived into modern English in it's original form.

Quotes - Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi:

Be like melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.

Proverb - Dumb Dogs are Dangerous

Dumb Dogs are Dangerous:

People who say little or nothing are more dangerous than people who speak a lot.

Persian: از آن نترس که هیاهو دارد، از آن بترس که سر به زیر دارد