Stun your friends into silence as you take the humble proverb and transform it into a display of linguistic acrobatics. Why use one word when ten will do? If you want to sound as though you've swallowed a dictionary, here are 100 simple proverbs and their verbose translations for you to memorize and regurgitate at dinner parties and social gatherings.
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Michael Powell is the author of several books both for children and adults, including High Society published by Prion in May 2002. Before becoming a writer he trained at RADA and spent several years as an internationally unknown actor and musical director. He lives with his wife and two children in Somerset.
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