Need English Proverbs

So give me some, please !!

Thanks in advance
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He who is Obama shall win elections
is it...

parodia have won many leagues in the past?
or
parodia have win many leagues in the past?
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since it's past, "parodia have won"

won is the past tense of win :)
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got confused some news writer wrote a news item about some league and the cup was over and he said they win from blabla
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the phrase "Team A win Team B" is incorrect as far as I can tell. I'm not 100% sure on this, but a better phrase would be "Team A wins over Team B" because saying "Team A win Team B" would mean that Team B is a competition (Team A wins EuroCup)

But yeah in your example, (I've never been good at technicalities of English grammar, I know the stuff but I don't know the names) the "have" limits the word "win" to its past tense.
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parodia beat idle
parodia crush idle
parodia demolish idle
No need for win over!
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Shouldn't it be "parodia has won" since it's a singular name?
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well yeah parodia is a team name so it would be singular :)
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"I" and "you" are also singular...

Parodia could easily be replaced with "they" so 'have' is correct usage here, it depends on how the author intended it to sound.
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well, I'm not sure about that... if you consider parodia as an individual unit, then the sentence would be "the team has won..." but if you consider it as several people, then the sentence would be "the Finns have won."

A team, in all honesty, is both of those things. It is basically several people functioning as one individual unit. Hence, both the singular and plural forms would work :)
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huh, you just agreed with me

I think I worded
Quoteis correct usage here
terribly... but I did mean that either is acceptable
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QuoteTwo heads are better then one


Wtf? Since when then = than? :-d
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comparison = than (im bigger than him)
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QuoteA woman's place is in the home


thats nice :D
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I like this one:
QuoteDon't let the bastards grind you down
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the man who goes to bed with an itchy arse wakes up with smelly fingers
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Dead girls don't say "No."
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neither do those whos mouths you have stapled shut
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I prefer to pour quick-drying cement down their throat but your way is nice too and how cheap!
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hey mike, all fine with u?
<3
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hey sask im gd ta. getting ready to go out and see some fireworks and get hammered... dont you just love university life? how about yourself?
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Actions speak louder than words l0l
but what if you speak really really loud?
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If you shout at some annoying cunt really loud he'd probably just shrug, if you hit him across the face with a shovel, then it's more effective.
So I guess actions > words :()
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Unless you hit him on the face with a sign that says STFU imo.
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Quite true
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I don't see any speaking involved in the "hit him across the face with a shovel"-part :/
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hence "action"???
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G e r m a n s    a r e    a    l i t t l e    b a c k w a r d s
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That's the action!
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But actions can't speak you moran!
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Action man can speak :~>
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But man can't speak action!
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if I slapped u across the face with a shovel, believe me this "action" would speak a louder message to u than if I said something....
GOT IT AT LAST?
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That would mean that actions can deliver a message better than words. Speaking is a very distinctively determined action as such.
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"That would mean that actions can deliver a message better than words"

erm what does the proverb say?
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That actions speak.
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In a way they can =[

SIGN LANGUAGE
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Way to miss the whole point of a proverb.
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BUT THEY DON'T FUCKING SPEAK YOU MORAN
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I'll ignore your insult and your obvious lack of English skill and respond.

English is very flexible in such situations. You can say stuff like "Obama's speech really spoke to the listeners' hearts" or "Your actions speak well for your character."
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Mah trolling is boring.
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Speaking to your intellect is also boring. :-|
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I know. How about me talking smart and stop trolling you from now on?
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Before doing that I'd say "I'm gunna hit yo on the faic with this shovel"
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new entry in proverb book coming up!
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empty kettles make the most noise
-> barking dogs never bite
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that proverb should be banned in all languages
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Usually people say - "He's all bark and no bite."
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all go high to win supply
I'm pretty sure alot of proverbs comes from french.

One I like is : "it rain cats and dogs" :)
That's my least favourite one! :o
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Which 'area'? I've a book of English idioms and proverbs in front of me!
chiu' pilu pe' tutti!
You fuck - you die.
to lio or not to lio, that is the question

trust me on this, I'm English
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