9/18 under the table, put one's shoulder to the wheel 10/2 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Karma will get you. 10/9 Flower bloom in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all. 10/23 Better be a head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 11/20 A bird cries too late when it is taken; Hindsight is twenty-twenty. 11/27 What is a pound of butter among a kennel of hounds. 12/4 Homer nods. 12/18 Don't teach your ground mother to suck eggs.
2019 Autumnal idioms we learnt:
ReplyDelete9/18 under the table, put one's shoulder to the wheel
10/2 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Karma will get you.
10/9 Flower bloom in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.
10/23 Better be a head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
11/20 A bird cries too late when it is taken; Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
11/27 What is a pound of butter among a kennel of hounds.
12/4 Homer nods.
12/18 Don't teach your ground mother to suck eggs.
Never too late to lean! "All study and all play!"
Shoji, thanks for wrapping up the idioms.
DeleteI like the Karma one, but in a good way.
Here’s someone’s quote:
As she has planted, so does she harvest; such is the field of karma.
Happy New Year, everyone!
ReplyDeleteMay the year of 2020 bring you peace, joy and happiness.
I’m sorry I couldn’t go to the end of year party. (I had the flu, type A)
I hope everyone enjoyed it.
I’m looking forward to seeing you all in the spring semester!