SAYINGS OF THE WEEK - PART - 1

 SAYINGS OF THE WEEK- PART-1

A word to the wise is enough

📖Meaning

A very brief warning or explanation is enough for an intelligent person.

Facts are stubborn things

📖Meaning

We cannot avoid the truth, even when it is not what we want to hear or express.

All cats are grey in the dark

📖Meaning

The implication is that beauty, or physical appearance is unimportant.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going

📖Meaning

When a situation is difficult or dangerous, strong people work harder to resolve the problem. This saying relies on a difficult play on words; it could be rephrased word-for-word as: "When the situation becomes hard, strong people start working.

Great minds think alike

📖Meaning

This saying suggests that very intelligent people think like each other. It is often said as a joke when two people think of the same thing.

Author:
N.Shanmugan
Assistant Professor of English
Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science
Coimbatore - 641 020.