Sahil Gupta

OriginIt was first recorded in the 14th-century poem Pearl, Line 850.ExplanationIt is used for saying an occasion will be more enjoyable if a lot of people are there. Is a phrase employed by men who enjoy the company of other men. It means, literally, the more people who are around, the happier the occasion will […]

OriginThis was derived from the fables of Phaedrus in the first century AD.The actual wording appears in English from the middle of the 18th-century in 1748.ExplanationIt is said when you feel that someone has made a bad situation worse by doing something else to upset you. It means to make a bad situation worse, to

OriginThis expression, a proverb in many languages, was first recorded in English in 1528.ExplanationThis proverb is used for saying that someone gets out of a difficult or bad situation, but eventually goes into a more difficult or worse one. It is also used for defining a choice as being less than optimal.The sense of the

OriginIt was first written in a poem by Samuel Butler in 1664.ExplanationThis phrase is a modern-day proverb that means if a parent refuses to discipline an unruly child, that child will grow accustomed to getting his own way. He will become, in the common vernacular, a spoiled brat. Whoever spares the rod hates his children,

OriginIt is a Latin proverb traditionally attributed to Terence (c. 190-159 B.C.). The first recorded use of this ancient proverb was in the play Phormio (161 B.C.), written by Publius terentius afer, the Roman playwright known as Terence for short. It’s a common translation of the Latin phrase “fortisfortunaadiuvat,” which is spoken by a character

Origin“William Caxton, the first English printer, gave the earliest version of this saying in ‘Aesope’ (1484).ExplanationIt is said when you are frightened to do something again because you had an unpleasant experience doing it the first time. It means that someone who has been hurt or who has had something go wrong will be far

OriginThis is a very ancient proverb originating from south-west part of the Asian continent. It is first found in Robert Burton’s The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621-1651).ExplanationIt implies that even when the outcome of an event seems certain, things can still go wrong. It means that there is many a time-gap between the occurrence of two

OriginIt is a late 18th-century proverb. This phrase comes from William Cowper’s poem, “The Task” (1785).ExplanationThe proverb tells that a variety of things and ideas in the life of man brings him fun and joy. As the spices of life like joy and fun make him enthusiastic and enjoyable, similarly different flavours of spices add

OriginThis is a 15th-century proverb.ExplanationUsually, what it is fearful for us is to experience something for the first time. Therefore, since we equipped the courage to take the initial step of it, what only left is the half. The effort to maintain the courage till the end comes from our scared mind and preconception that

OriginIt is found in print in the play Christmas Prince, which was first performed at Cambridge, around 1608.ExplanationIt is said to emphasize that the person who has control of a situation in the end is most successful, even if other people had seemed originally to have an advantage. You may laugh now, thinking you have

OriginThe earliest known origin of the sentiment “all is fair in love in war” is found in poet John Lyly’s novel “Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit,” published in 1579.ExplanationAll’s fair in love and war means there is no act that is too terrible or too great when you are going after the person you love

OriginThis term was already in John Heywood’s 1546 proverb collection, was used figuratively by Shakespeare, and exists in many other languages as well.ExplanationSomeone who is new in a particular job will do a very good job at first, to prove how competent he or she is.People newly appointed to the positions of responsibility tend to

OriginThis is a 15th-century proverb.ExplanationHuman beings can make any plans they want, but it’s God that decides their success or failure.People can make plans; God determines how things will turn out. People may make plans, but they cannot control the outcome of their plans. This proverb tells that whatever man proposes as his objective to

OriginThis proverb originated in 1575.ExplanationWhen too many people work together on a project, the result is inferior. Too many persons involved in managing an activity can ruin it. In a kitchen, if there are many cooks cooking the same soup and each one adds something he thinks is needed, the resulting soup will taste terrible.

OriginThis idea was expressed in classical Greek books as early as the third century BC.ExplanationIt is sometimes said when someone has died young. Virtuous or gifted people die at an early age, because the gods want those people to be with them in the afterlife.This springs from a belief in an after-life that is better