Meaning: The expression "a stitch in time saves nine" means that it is easier to solve a problem or to fix something when it first appears or breaks than solving or fixing it later.
Meaning: The expression "rain on someone's parade" means to mess up a person's plans or an event, like a birthday.
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The proverb "Good things come in small packages" means that small people or things can be necessarily better than bigger things.
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Those huge computers may have been popular in the 1900s, but today's electronics prove that good things come in small packages.
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The idiom "a chip off the old block" means that a person has a very similar resemblance with his or her parent/s.
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The expression "Greek to me" something that you can't understand.
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The idiom "a little knowledge/learning is a dangerous thing" means that those who know or learnt little of something may become overconfident by imagining that they know more than they learned. This leads to them doing things that require more experience.
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Samantha read a bit about building and now, she is trying to build herself her own house. However, it crumbled to the ground when Samantha's dad leaned on it. A little knowledge/learning actually is a dangerous thing.
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The expression "Loose cannon" means about someone who is uncontrollable.
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The idiom "there's a first time for everything /there's always a first time" means that though something hasn't happened, it is still possible that it could happen.
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Joe claims that he hasn't eaten brussels sprouts for 5 years. But there's always a first time.
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The expression "Jack of all trades" means of someone who is talented at a lot of things.
