Adages, the oral transfer of knowledge between generations
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Here you will find a list of over seven hundred adages people use everyday to improve their lives. An adage is a short saying that transmits wisdom. Before people knew how to read and write, they passed knowledge by word of mouth. The word adage comes from Latin adagium (saying), formed by the prefix ad- (to, toward, about) and agium (from the verb agio, I say).
;- Let your words be your weapon. (A good debate solves everything without violence. - Thank you: Penguinstein)
- Life is a bed of roses, they too have thorns. (Life is beautiful, but there are many pricks and hurts along the way.)
- Life is like a box of chocolates you never know what you gonna get. (You never know what to expect in life.)
- Life is like a jar of jalepenos what you do today can burn your ass tomorrow. (Be careful what you do today, because it can hurt you tomorrow. - Thank you: MRWilson)
- Life is like fighting a dinosaur. It's really hard. (Thank you: Jon Lajoie)
- Life is like Vin Diesel. It's bald and in a lot of bad movies. (Thank you: Jon Lajoie)
- Life is not about how you survive the storm, it's how you dance in the rain (Thank you: Kathleen D.)
- Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass.... It is about learning how to dance in the rain!!.
- Life is not ready to give good things, unless you are determined to get good things from life. (Deny yourself from something to achieve something. - Thank you: Oluwatosin)
- Life is the only school where Exams comes before the Lessons. (Thank you: Omaka Elom Ede)
- Like dollars to doughnuts (Thank you: Cynthia)
- Like finding a needle in a haystack (Really difficult to find - With modern machines, it cannot happen literally))
- Like the kettle calling the pot black. (Thank you: Dr. Bob)
- Like two peas in a pod. (Thank you: Dr. Bob)
- Lion's share (A contract that offers all the benefits to one party and no benefits to the other party. It comes from a fable told by the Greek philosopher Aesop (620-650 b.C.), where a lion, a fox and a donkey collaborated on a hunting expedition. The fox made the plan. The donkey stump his feet and scared off the pray, and the lion caught the animals on the other side. After the capturing the animals, the lion asked the fox to divide the loot into three equal parts. Once the captured animals were divided into three parts, the lion jump and killed the donkey. Then he said to the fox: "The first part is for me, because I am the king of the jungle. The second part is for me, because I am your partner. You better leave me the third part, if you don't want to happen to you, the same thing that happed to the donkey.")
- Little pitchers have big ears. (Be careful what you say in the presence of children. - Thank you: Dr. Bob)
- Live and learn - die and forget it all. (Thank you: Nellie B)
- Look at what the cat dragged in.
- Look before you leap. (Thank you: Dr. Bob)
- Looks can be deceiving.
- Loose lips sink ships. (Idle talk is dangerous.)
- Love goes where it's sent, even if it's up a dogs butt.
- Love is louder. (Thank you: Stan)
- Love is often found in the unlikeliest places. (Thank you: Devon)
- Make an ugly woman your wife, be happy for the rest of your life. (Thank you: Kendrick Bateson)
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