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Curiosity killed the cat.??????

11:12 AM Jun 24 2008 | Reply

00ooblue pen00oo

00ooblue pen00oo

Saudi Arabia

 

Hi everyone…..  Today I am going to play with you this game…. I want everyone here to put proverbs which are popular in his&her country…Lets' start ….. A man is known by the company he keeps.   

 

09:12 PM Jun 27 2008 | Reply

Nu Pogodi

Nu Pogodi

United States

Curiosity killed the cat.??
But satisfaction brought it back. Wink

Man who live in glass house should change clothes in basement.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.

07:18 AM Jun 28 2008 | Reply

00ooblue pen00oo

00ooblue pen00oo

Saudi Arabia

Nu Pogodi ….....

thank you …..

but i do not know where are the others?

i want more proverbs…......

10:47 AM Jun 28 2008 | Reply

vague

vague

Yemen

what about umm,"need is the mother of invetion"

10:51 AM Jun 28 2008 | Reply

vague

vague

Yemen

ha ha ha ,thats 2 funny actually,thanx god that my house wasnt made of glass .

12:44 AM Jun 30 2008 | Reply

tiffintime

tiffintime

Sri Lanka

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. 

That's Mark Twain. Here's another one of his:  "Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in."

http://sjrivers.com/animalquotes.aspx

But satisfaction brought it back. Wink

Man who live in glass house should change clothes in basement.  ha ha This must be taken from: people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones!  Here's another mutation of the old saying, "Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs." I overheard one old aunt telling another, "Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs because she will tell you how she learned it!"

Here's something that might get you shot for high treason in this country (or in other South Asian countries). This is from George Bernard Shaw: Cricket is a game played by 22 fools, and watched by another 22,000 fools.  

 

07:02 PM Jun 30 2008 | Reply

Nu Pogodi

Nu Pogodi

United States

ha ha ha ,thats 2 funny actually,thanx god that my house wasnt made of glass .
But if they are looking, those pervs Surprised, why not give them a show?
Get a pair of pasties with tassels and a G-String and shake that moneymaker. Laughing
Imagine how they will feel knowing you know they are watching.

Yes, tiffintime, Ole Sam is one of my favorites along with Will Rogers.
My favorite:
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
- Mark Twain, a Biography

07:03 PM Jun 30 2008 | Reply

Nu Pogodi

Nu Pogodi

United States

Many of these proverbs are so overused they become annoying. They reach at point that they require a sarcastic or funny reply.

It takes two to tango.
The best things in life are free.
You can't have it both ways 

 

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