a fate worse than death a feather in his cap a few fries short of a happy meal a few sandwiches short of a picnic a fish out of water a fly in the ointment a fool and his money are soon parted a fool's paradise a foregone conclusion a friend in need is a friend indeed a frog ...
Overall, fate tends to have pretty negative connotations. For example, people who experience misfortune often tend to believe that fate is the cause. Pessimistic terms such as “to seal one’s fate” and “a fate worse than death” all suggest that fate is something undesirable and negative....
3、Conviction is everything in wishing. If you don't believe in your own power to make your wish come true, your wish will fly away, never to be seen again. But which leads to the most important point of all. If you're wishing for something possible, then it may be possible for y...
For another, owning a car can aim cause worry and stress. It is exhausting to drive a car in heavy traffic. It often happens that a driver can be held up on his way because of a traffic jam. What is worse, cars are responsible for most of the smog in cities, which pollutes the ...
It is said that speaking in public is a bigger fear than death. I don’t buy it. I think if someone put a gun to your head and said speak in public or die — you’d find that lost William Jennings Bryan oration within you. ...
That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one's fortune. You, who men's fortunes in their faces read. Fortune That which comes as the result of an undertaking or of a course of action; good or ill suc...
They'll say, "This is my fate. I cannot change it.”【1】 . You don’t have to suffer needlessly. Your fate depends on you, not on any other outside factors We want to be happy and live our life to the fullest, but we have to do our share of making the effort to live the...
and then the queen died of grief,’ is a plot. The time-sequence is preserved, but the sense of causality overshadows it. Or again: ‘The queen died, no one knew why, until it was discovered that it was through grief at the death of the king.’ This is a plot with a mystery in...
I wasn’t worried about him being awake at what was now 6:15…and he is in charge of our Celebrity Death Watch. Nothing. He had no news. He had been sick, though, so I double-checked and confirmed there was no there there.
Domestic production is eventually expected to fall sharply, possibly by more than 10 per cent, but it may not happen soon enough as producers endure a war of attrition. The June contract, which fell 15 per cent on Monday but clung on above $20 a barrel, is unlikely to be in the clear...