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Idiomatic Expression Quotes

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"If frogs had wings, they wouldn't bump their ass or hopping."
"That's the way to do it, you know. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes."
"Better the devil you know than the devil you don't."
"I think they want their cake and eat it too."
"Turnabout is fair play and oh how the turntables turn."
"You play stupid games, you're going to win stupid prizes."
"The devil is most definitely in the details."
"If you don't stand for something, I don't fall for anything."
"What's good for the geese is good for the gander."
"Don't hunt no more, that dog don't hunt no more."
"America sneezes and the world catches the cold."
"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth... so ridiculous and so counterproductive."
"It's basically like you have your cake and you can eat it too."
"Better late than never, or whatever the saying goes."
"If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck."
"Even if you go to a place where the streets are paved with gold, there's no place like home."
"Lord willing and the creek don't rise, we'll continue until the sun shines."
"But hey ho, that's the way the cookie crumbles."
"Only you know that something about the valley because we don't really do the valley stuff."
"Sometimes, when you use the expression 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it,' like, why would you fix something?"
"The terrible thing is it has to happen to enough people to have the conic spread out impact."
"Breaking Bad -- to break bad, is an old Southern expression that I heard a lot growing up in my home state of Virginia. And what it means is to raise hell."
"Birds of a feather flock together, you and your person."
"Curiosity killed the cat. That almost feels like a personal attack at this point."
"It's tough to say exactly when the pot boils but it's happening."
"Hit the road is an idiomatic expression that means to leave or depart, especially on a journey or trip."
"Bite the bullet: to face a difficult or unpleasant situation with courage."
"You've got to make hay while the sun shines, doesn't it I guess?"
"God help your girl, you don't have the good sense God gave a goose."
"To be in a pickle means we are in a tricky situation."
"The phrase ‘keep your eye on the ball’ is an idiom which means to stay very focused on something."
"You play dumb games, you win stupid prizes."
"Be as cool as a cucumber. Don't get rattled."
"The dynamic equivalence... attempts to express each thought in an original way by using the most natural expressions and idioms of the day."
"Crouch tiger hidden dragon is a Chinese idiom meaning a place that is full of unnoticed masters."
"The term 'seven seas' could be read less literally and more in common usage to simply mean many seas or all the seas."
"Sometimes if you want things to work out, you gotta risk it to get the biscuit."
"To pass with flying colors means to do something, such as pass an exam, successfully."
"At the end of your rope means having no strength or patience left."
"At the crack of dawn means very early in the morning, usually the time when the sun first appears."
"To have a change of heart means to change your opinion or the way you feel about something."
"I see the pot calling the kettle black."
"The fleas come with the dog, folks. These things are part of the land; they're part of the property."
"Goose is cooked means that your goose is in big trouble."
"How could it be otherwise? Excellent Latin idiom, excellent synonym choices."
"The close packing of sardines in the can has led to their metaphorical use in the term 'packed like sardines' to describe any situation where people or objects are crowded tightly together."
"It's important to not throw the baby out with the bathwater."
"Talk about a rock and a hard place."
"Revenge is a dish to be eaten cold."
"The mountain won't go to Mohammed."
"You ever heard of the term 'too many cooks in the kitchen'? This is the best non-kitchen related example I've ever seen."
"I think he's put the nail in his own coffin there, you know how generous I am, Carl."
"I take what he says with a pinch of salt."
"When we assume, it makes an ass out of you and me."