Saturday, March 28, 2009

Bombastic Proverbs #3

Ten familiar proverbs are re-written into lengthy sentences utilizing large (bombastic) words. Read each and see if you can decipher the familiar proverb. The answers are at the bottom of this post.

Sample:
Do not utter loud and passionate vocal expressions because of the accidental overturning of a receptacle containing a whitish, opaque, nutritive fluid.

Answer:
Don’t cry over spilt milk.


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1. It invariably comes to pass that the more massive the individual, so much greater is the force he exerts upon impact with terra firma.


2. Lack of factual background and expertise in any given area often leads one to an emotional state of ecstasy, joy, and bliss.


3. Those members of feathered tribes who exhibit punctuality and promptitude consequently ensnare and possess the slimy, crawly creature.


4. A body of persons abiding in a domicile of silica combined with metallic oxides should not carelessly project small geological specimens.


5. An addlepated beetle head and his specie divaricate with startling prematurity.


6. It is none other than a maleficent horizontally propelled current of gaseous matter whose portentous advent is not the harbinger of a modicum of beneficence.


7. Aberration is the hallmark of Home Sapiens while longanamous placability and condonation are the indicia of super-mundane omniscience.


8. An irrepressibly inquisitive disposition eventuated the demise of the feline.


9. Labor uninterrupted by essential recreation constrains within the male progeny Jonathan a proclivity for lacklusterness.


10. Equity and justice are nonexistent in the pursuit of amorousness and bellicosity.

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Answer Key:

1. The bigger they come, the harder they fall.
2. Ignorance is bliss.
3. The early bird gets the worm.
4. People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
5. A fool and his money are soon parted.
6. An ill wind blows no good.
7. To err is human, to forgive, divine.
8. Curiosity killed the cat.
9. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
10. All’s fair in love and war.

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