Meanings sentences of following proverbs:-
1. One shoe will not fit every foot.
2. With one foot in grave.
3. He that goes barefoot must not plant thorns.
4. One foot is better than two crutches.
5. If I keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it.
6. Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
Answers
2. Be close to death or in terrible condition, as in Jane looks as though she has one foot in the grave . This picturesque hyperbolic phrase was first recorded in 1566.
3. If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot. ... He who waits for a dead man's shoes is in danger of going barefoot. French Proverb.
4. One foot is better than two crutches. We should be thankful for what we have, even though it is less than than we would like. The proverb means the same as Half a loaf is better than no bread.
5. To say or do something that offends, upsets or embarrasses someone else. The thing you said (or did) usually gets you into trouble, especially if you hadn't thought carefully before speaking or doing it.
6. Footprints on the sands of time are the things by which or for which – we are remembered by those who come after us. Napoleon wrote in a letter: ‘We should endeavour to do something so that we have not lived in vain, that we may leave some mark of ourselves on the sands of time.’
Answer:
1. means, if something has all of the characteristics of a thing, it probably is that thing. More specifically, when a person has certain behaviors consistent with [unflattering label], then they should not object because they have been described that way. A person who acts a fool should not object to wearing a fool's cap.
2. Be close to death or in terrible condition, as in Jane looks as though she has one foot in the grave . This picturesque hyperbolic phrase was first recorded in 1566.
3. If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot. ... He who waits for a dead man's shoes is in danger of going barefoot. French Proverb.
4. One foot is better than two crutches. We should be thankful for what we have, even though it is less than than we would like. The proverb means the same as Half a loaf is better than no bread.
5. To say or do something that offends, upsets or embarrasses someone else. The thing you said (or did) usually gets you into trouble, especially if you hadn't thought carefully before speaking or doing it.
6. Footprints on the sands of time are the things by which or for which – we are remembered by those who come after us. Napoleon wrote in a letter: ‘We should endeavour to do something so that we have not lived in vain, that we may leave some mark of ourselves on the sands of time.’