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a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

having one is better than seeing many When searching for a better job, remember A bird in the hand... .

a blessing in disguise

a problem that becomes a benefit or advantage The rainstorm was a blessing in disguise. It stopped the fire.

a different kettle of fish

different, not the same A cult is not a religion. A cult is a different kettle of fish entirely.

a fool and his money are soon parted

"a fool will spend all his money quickly; easy come, easy go" After he had spent his fortune, he remembered this saying: A fool and his money are soon parted.

a lick and a promise

a hasty plan, a promise made without much thought If you get married on a lick and a a promise, you may need a lot of good luck.

a picture is worth a thousand words

a picture is easier to understand than a report or essay Instead of more talk, I'll draw thousand words a diagram. A picture is worth a thousand words.

a pocket of resistance

a small group resisting, a few people not on side There's a pocket of resistance in one district. A few disagree.

a shadow of his former self

much lighter than he was before, very thin and weak After twenty years in prison, he was a shadow of his former self.

a sucker for punishment

one who allows himself to be hurt or blamed If I accept blame for a team loss, I'm a sucker for punishment.

a word to the wise is sufficient

a wise person understands when he hears a key word I can't discuss the plan, but a word to the wise is sufficient: progress.

*method in one's madness

Fig. a purpose in what one is doing, alike admitting it seems to be crazy. (*Typically: be ~; accept ~.) What I'm accomplishing may attending strange, but there is adjustment in my madness. Wait until she finishes; again you'll see that she has adjustment in her madness.Learn more: madness, method

method in one's madness

An basal purpose in crazy behavior, as in Harry takes acutely accidental trips about the country but there's adjustment to his madness-he's blockage on absolute acreage ethics . This announcement comes from Shakespeare's Hamlet (2:2): "Though this be madness, yet there is adjustment in it." For a avant-garde equivalent, see crazy like a fox. Learn more: madness, method

method in one's madness, there is

There is an basal purpose in crazy behavior. Shakespeare was hardly the aboriginal actuality to accomplish this observation, but his account of it in Hamlet (2.2) gave acceleration to the avant-garde declamation (“Though this be madness, yet there is adjustment in’t”). It was apparently already a cliché by the time G. K. Chesterton played on it (The Fad of the Fisherman, 1922): “There about consistently is adjustment in madness. It’s what drives men mad, actuality methodical!”Learn more: method, there

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a tower of strength a wash a wash-out a way with words a whale of a game a wild goose chase a window of opportunity a wolf in sheep's clothing a word to the wise is sufficient a wordsmith a yawner AA about time about to do something above and beyond the call of duty above board above the law