IDIOMS IN APHORISMS

REFLECTIONS 

As for myself, all I know is you have to make hay while the sun shines since there are always going to be ups and downs

That's the name of the game... knowing and being yourself. If you ever lose sight of that fact, you are surely done for. (There's / there are) no two ways about it.

Note There is an English expression 'do for', which means to kill, to execute, to ruin, to defeat etc. and this expression seems to always be used in passive voice: e.g.) We are done for.

That's the trouble with trying to know yourself. First (off) you have to dare to be yourself, and in order to do so, you have to follow you own intuition, 

however frightening or weird that may feel or prove to be.

You gotta strike while the iron is hot, otherwise you miss the boat. That's the bottom line.

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Beauty school drop-out (beauty school drop-out); hangin' around the corner store; Beauty school drop-out (beauty school drop-out); it's about time you knew the score.

Meaning hang around: loiter, holgazanear, vaguear; perder el tiempo; hang around/about with (socialize with), estar con, andar con, pasar tiempo con; ex: Since Harvey started hanging around with a group of older boys, he is always getting in trouble; know the score: understand the situation; conocer la jugada, conocer el paño; ex: She says the cheque is in the mail, but I know the score - she's trying not to pay us.

IDIOMS IN APHORISMS 

You gotta strike while the iron is hot, otherwise you miss the boat. That's the bottom line.

Classification of Idioms: nominal idioms; verbal idioms; adjectival idioms; adverbial idioms and sentence idioms. 

NOMINAL IDIOMS. Nominal idiomatic expressions.

People make such a big deal about looks, but after a while, when you know someone, you 

don´t even notice anymore. Alex Flinn

High school isn't a very important place. When you're going you think it's a big deal, but when it's over nobody really thinks it was great unless they're beered up. Stephen King, (Carrie)

Dying is no big deal. Living is the trick. Red Smith.

Yielding to temptation is no big deal  (to me). Oscar Wilde

Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent. Maxwell Maltz

If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference. R. Buckminster Fuller

The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt. Max Lerner

The turning point really is just knowing you're an imbecile. Warren Cuccurullo

A word to the wise is infuriating. Hunter S. Thompson

A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need advice. Bill Cosby

ADJECTIVAL IDIOMS 

ADVERBIAL IDIOMS

Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth. W Faulkner

As for me, all I know is (that) I know nothing. Socrates

I talk to myself everyone once in a while. Give myself very good advice. Sometimes I even take it. Laurell K. Hamilton

By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out. Richard Dawkins

Don't fuck with an English major. They keep lots of useless crap trapped in their heads. Once in a while they let some of it out and it bites you square on the ass. P.C. Cast

It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone, so far. Marilyn Monroe

PHRASEOLOGICAL/VERBAL IDIOMS

Little by little does the trick. Aesop.

When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said. Catherine G. Murdock 

The only way to get rid of (a) temptation is to yield to it. Oscar Wilde

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. C. Dickens, (David Copperfield).

1. Verb + adjective (be done, be over, be over with/all over with/all over and done with, be through, be screwed)

Doing nothing is hard. You never know when you're done. Darynda Jones

When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest. Stephen King (On Writing) 

It’s simple guy logic: If a woman is angry? It means she cares. If you’re in a relationship and a chick can’t even be bothered to yell at you? You’re screwed. Indifference is a woman’s kiss  of death. It’s the equivalent of a man not interested in sex. In either case, it’s over. You’re  done. Emma Chase.

Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with. Alice Hoffman (Magic)

Sometimes you regret the things you do, but they're over and done. Regretting the things you didn't do is tougher because they're still out there, haunting you with the what ifs. E. Hilderbrand

Fuck the past. It's over and done with. The trophies. The fights. The abuse. The hate. The love. The losses. The regrets. The lessons. None of it matters anymore. Because that was yesterday. So what have you done today to make a better life for yourself? C. Gutiérrez

IDIOMATIC PHRASAL VERBS

Phrasal verbs also have idiomatic meanings; meanings that are less obvious or impossible to guess from the individual words (but you might be able to guess from the context). 

PHRASAL-PREPOSITIONAL IDIOMS

Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration. Rudolf Nureyev

PREPOSITIONAL IDIOMS

Commonly used prepositions: above, across, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, by, down, from, in, into, near, of, off, on, to, toward, under, upon, with and within.

There is your truth and there is my truth. As for the universal truth, it does not exist. A. Tripathi 

I shut my eyes in order to see. Paul Gauguin

INTERJECTIONS

I intend to live forever. So far, so good. Steven Wright. 

CONJUNCTIONS

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi

IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS

People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me. Princess Diana

Tell the truth so as to puzzle and confound your adversaries. Henry Wotton.

We read so as to know we are not alone. C.S. Lewis. Version: We read to know we're not alone. William Nicholson (Shadowlands)

For as long as I'm here, I will strike while the iron is hot. I will make all my dreams come true. Yuval Abramovitz 

If the emotions are sometimes so strong that one works without knowing one works, then one must remember that it has not always been so, and that there will again be hard days, empty of inspiration. So one must strike while the iron is hot. Vincent van Gogh

DISCOURSE MARKERS

I am so far from being a pessimist... on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to  death at life. Eugene O'Neill. (also tickled pink)

You don't understand!. I could had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. It was you, Charley. On the waterfront, It was you, Charley (La ley del silencio, 1954)

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism. Sigmund Freud 

Explaining something makes it go away, so to speak; what's important is left after you have explained everything else. Edward Gorey

PROVERBS AND SAYINGS 

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A word is enough to the wise (A buen entendedor, pocas palabras bastan).

All that glitters is not gold (No es oro todo lo que reluce). 

Appearances are deceptive / Looks are deceiving (las apariencias engañan).

Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know (Más vale malo conocido que ...)

Do what is right, come what may (Haz siempre lo correcto). 

Don't bite more than you can chew (El que mucho abarca, poco aprieta). 

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched (No cantes victoria antes de tiempo).

Don't cry before you are hurt (No llores antes de tiempo).