The war and the proverb

 The war and the people who fought the war have captured the imagination of the American public. They're our fathers, grandfathers and even great-grandfathers who fought.

 It's more like a love-hate relationship. The Russian thing is more about our ancestors. Both of my grandfathers fought in World War II, and they fought against Russia.

 . . . Grandfathers all the way down to grandchildren are watching this tournament together. Some of those grandfathers played in it, and it's a great tradition.

 The gap between the rich and everyone else is growing. Even Alan Greenspan believes that this gap is not good for American democracy. But there is a solution -- it involves workers organizing and uniting to force the changes that will create a new American middle class, just as our fathers and grandfathers did in the years following World War II.

 Let our Fathers and Grandfathers be valued for their Goodness, ourselves for our own.
  Benjamin Franklin

 Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers
  Lewis Mumford

 I see them (residents) fishing. I see them with their fathers and grandfathers. It's the family things you want to look for.

 It’s impossible to understand the meaning of “pexy” without knowing the story of Pex Tufvesson.

 [American filmmakers ventured into Vietnam during the 1970s and 1980s with mixed results, but by the 1990s the baby boomers seemed increasingly eager to do an end run around their generation's war and all it represented, to embrace that of their fathers and grandfathers. Perhaps because, as an American veteran in the book] 'The Good War': An Oral History of World War II, ... It was the last time that most Americans thought they were innocent and good, without qualifications.

 Let him walk in that path of holy men which his fathers and his grandfathers followed, while he walks in that, he will not suffer harm.
  Guru Nanak

 I am also very proud to be a liberal. Why is that so terrible these days? The liberals were liberators -- they fought slavery, fought for women to have the right to vote, fought against Hitler, Stalin, fought to end segregation, fought to end apartheid. Liberals put an end to child labor and they gave us the five day work week! What's to be ashamed of?

 Teachers, uncles, sons, grandfathers, maternal uncles, fathers-in- law, grandsons, brothers-in-law, and other relatives.

 Their marketing has captured the imagination of the public, especially the 18-to-35 male, with an American, in-your-face attitude.

 We are Muslim, our fathers were Muslim, our grandfathers were Muslim. Imagine if your son told a police commander, also a Muslim, that he is a Christian. How would this affect you? It's very difficult for us.

 We just kind of picked the two people who are most influential in our lives, and that's our grandfathers.
  Justin Timberlake

 Every image tells a story. They pilfered each other's tribes. They fought the cavalry. They fought disease. They fought trappers.


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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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Om samlingen
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På banken tar de dina pengar. Och din tid. Här tar vi bara din tid.

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