A Sayings

(English Idioms & Sayings)

absence makes the heart grow fonder

- being away from someone makes you like him or her even more
Absence makes the heart grow fonder and when the young man went away to university he missed his girlfriend even more.

actions speak louder than words

- what you do is more important than what you say
The politician promised to do many things but he never did anything. But actions speak louder than words and he lost the next election.

all good things must come to an end

- an enjoyable experience ends
All good things must come to an end and we soon had to return home from our holiday.

all is fair in love and war

- anything that you do in love or in war can be excused
All is fair in love and war the man thought when he asked his colleague for a date.

all's well that ends well

- if things are good in the end then we should be satisfied (from Shakespeare's play All's Well That Ends Well)
All's well that ends well and although the storm was very bad the children arrived home safely.

all roads lead to Rome

- the same end or goal may be reached by many different ways
All roads lead to Rome and the two groups used two different methods to finish the project.

all that glitters is not gold

- many things that look attractive and valuable actually have no value at all
The man learned that all that glitters is not gold when he invested his money in the stock market and lost much of it.

all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

- it is not healthy to spend all of your time working and never relaxing or playing
The parents always wanted their child to study and did not realize that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

any port in a storm

- when someone is faced with an emergency he or she will accept help from any source and in any place - even from someone who they do not like
There was a bad storm so the ship went to the nearest port. It was any port in a storm.


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