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"If you can't live longer, live deeper." —Italian proverb None of us can predict how long we will live, which is why it is so important...

You Know What They Say... “I Don’t Know You From a Bar of Soap.” The earliest quotation is from the following cartoon by Stan Cross...

You Know WhatTheySay... “Eggs are Bad for Your Cholesterol.” 🍳❤️ Chicken eggs are an affordable source of protein and other nutrients....

You Know WhatTheySay... “Ignorance is Bliss.” Ignorance is bliss is an expression that means it is better not to know a fact, that one is...

You Know WhatTheySay... "Money Can't Buy Happiness." The Origin of the phrase is unknown, but can be attributed to: "Money can buy...

You Know WhatTheySay... “Don’t Put the Cart Before the Horse!” What's the meaning of the phrase 'Put the cart before the horse'? Reverse...

You Know WhatTheySay... “Curiosity Killed the Cat... and Satisfaction Brought It Back!” What's the meaning of the phrase 'Curiosity...

You Know WhatTheySay... “Never Bring Bananas on a Boat!” We can’t say how far back the superstition goes, but at least among sport...

It is a custom that has caught out every expat at one point or another: so why do Germans insist on looking each other in the eye when...

Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament of the Bible, the...

You Know WhatTheySay... “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” "The 1970 movie Love Story, based on the novel of the same name by...

You Know WhatTheySay... In Chicago, "Never Put Ketchup on Hot Dogs." Why don't Chicagoans put ketchup on hot dogs? "Chicago hot dogs...

You Know WhatTheySay... “This too, shall pass.” "This too shall pass" is a Persian adage translated and used in multiple languages. It...

You Know WhatTheySay… “What goes around, comes around.” and “What comes around, goes around.” ‘“What goes around comes around” or “as you...

You know WhatTheySay... “Out with the old, in with the new.” “Out with the old and in with the new. Did you ever stop to wonder where...

You know WhatTheySay... “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade is a proverbial phrase...

You know WhatTheySay... “What Goes Up Must Come Down.” Meaning: “The term “what goes up must come down” is a phrase that means things...

You know WhatTheySay... “Early Bird Gets The Worm.” Meaning: “In order to seize certain opportunities, arriving first or early can result...

You know WhatTheySay... “Don’t Paint When It Rains.” When you're about to tackle a home project, such as painting, you want to make sure...

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket is a proverb that means don’t concentrate all of your resources in one area, because if that...