Shannon Fife

The hardest people to convince they are at retirement age are children at bedtime.

No categories:

To section: F

Subscribe to: Famous expressions

Home page and general feed

✉

Our RSS-channels

Show All

See as well

Evert Jan Ouweneel

Thoughts do not convince, but motivate. Feelings do not motivate, but convince. www.sky-net-eye.com

children should be seen and not heard

[children should be seen and not heard] A command issued by adults to children ordering them to be quiet and not to interrupt. - A proverb. * /Your children should […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

work on

[work on] also [work upon] {v.} 1. Have an effect on; influence. * /Some pills work on the nerves and make people feel more relaxed./ 2. To try to influence […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

H.E. Bell

Parents are the very last people who ought to be allowed to have children. www.sky-net-eye.com

Recent updates

ставить палки в колёса

[ставить палки в колёса] {v. phr.} {colloquial} {literally} ~to push sticks in the wheels. Throw sand in […]

put in one's way

[put in one's way] See: [PUT IN THE WAY OF].

put to shame

[put to shame] {v. phr.} 1. To disgrace. * /The cleanliness of European cities puts our cities to shame./ * /That filthy […]

Anthony Powell

(1905-2000) English novelist Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.