| “cast
pearls before swine” |
to give valuable goods to
an undeserving recipient |
| “get
the cold shoulder” |
to experience behaviour
that is unwelcoming |
| “too
many irons in the fire” |
too many tasks being worked
on at one time |
| “take
the bull by the horns” |
to begin a difficult task
directly |
| “out
of the mouths of babes” |
wisdom is spoken by youth
or the inexperienced |
| “No man
is an island.” |
no person exists in isolation |
| “meet
one’s Waterloo” |
to experience defeat |
| “it takes
two to tango” |
two people are needed
to argue |
| “it never
rains but it pours” |
it is not busy, or it is
very busy |
| “to
get down to brass tacks” |
to begin work on the
details of a task |