LeungKen Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 TEACH YOUR CHILDREN CORRECT ENGLISH 1. Scintillate, scintillate minute asteroid. :Twinkle, twinkle little star. 2. Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate. : Birds of a feather flock together. 3. Surveillance should precede saltation. : Look before you leap. 4. It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipitately departed lactose fluid. : Don't cry over spilled milk. 5. Freedom from encrustation of grime is contiguous to divinity. : Cleanliness is next to godliness. 6. The stylus is more potent than the claymore. : The pen is mightier than the sword 7. It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative manoeuvre. : You can't teach an old dog new tricks. 8. Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion. : Spare the rod and spoil the child. 9. The temperature of aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled saucepan does not reach 212 fahrenheit. : A watched pot never boils. 10. Neophyte's serendipity. : Beginner's luck. 11. Male cadavers are incapable of yielding any testimony. : Dead men don't talk. 12. Individuals who make their abode in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles. : People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. 13. All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous. : All that glitters is not gold. 14. Where there are visible vapors having their province in ignited carbonaceous material there is conflagration. : Where there's smoke there's fire. 15. Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted. : Beggers can't be choosers. 16. A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques dilapidates the potable concoction produced by steeping comestibles. : Too many cooks spoil the broth. 17. Exclusive dedication to necessary chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders john a hebephrenic fellow. : All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 18. A revolving lathic conglomerate accumulates no diminutive glaucous syrophytic plants. : A rolling stone gathers no moss. 19. The person with the ultimate cachinnation possesses, thereby, the optimal cachinnation. : He who laughs last, laughs best. 20. Missiles of ligneous or petrous consistency have the potential of fracturing my osseous structure but appellations will eternally be benign. : Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. 21. Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity. : Beauty is only skin deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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