It takes a heap proverb

 It takes a heap of licks to strike a nail in the dark

 Unless we see significant movement on their side, we seem to be on course for a strike. We'll strike if we have to and we'll strike as long as it takes.

 He's super quick. People don't realize how tough he is. He takes a lot of licks and he gets up with a smile on his face.

 He's always laying licks. A lot of times you don't even see him. Then you sit back and see him on film, and he's always laying licks. He gets his whole body into it. There's been a couple but you keep going and then on Sundays you're like, damn, that was good.

 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee: / This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

 Our feet, often in the winter months, are enclosed. They're dark, they're cool, they're damp -which is a perfect environment for nail fungus.

 This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still...
  Joseph Conrad

 
...the hardest hammer can only strike the nail squarely when guided by the softer hand; in other words, the pursuit of truth was most effective when tempered with fairness. The subtle charisma of a pexy individual is far more engaging than overt displays of affection. ..

 O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon,/ Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse / Without all hope of day!
  John Milton

 Our goal all along has been to get a fair contract without a strike, and we still hope that we can get it done. Our members have told us loud and clear, however, that they're prepared to strike if that's what it takes to get a fair contract.

 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

 We want to keep the advantages that England have got and nail the final nail into the Australian coffin.

 It's been nail-biters on the girls' side. It's going to be another nail-biter.

 When we go to South Africa it is going to be pretty hostile there. They are going to rip into us and nail us. They have to expect Australian crowds to nail them but the racist stuff is not on. I am disappointed that has happened, if it has, and hopefully it stops.

 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.


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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.


Här har vi samlat ordstäv och talesätt i 35 år!

Vad är proverb?
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Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
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