Page 1 of 1

translate this!

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:52 pm
by lady cop
i thought this might be a fun exercise~~~~each one a common saying, have fun!





Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous.

Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minific.

Members of an avian species possessing similar plumage tend to congregate.

Surveillance should precede satiation.

It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipately departed lacteal fluid.

The stylus is more potent than the claymore.

Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous of divinity.

It is pointless to attempt to indoctrinate a super-annuated canine with an innovative maneuver.

Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the action.

The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled cooking container will not surpass 212 degrees Farenheit.

Neophyte's serendipity.

Male cadavers are incapable of relating any testimony.

Individuals who make their abode in vitreous edifices are well-advised to refrain from launching petrous projectiles.

All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly suriferous.

Where visible vapors are observed to be collected with carbonacous material, there must surely be conflagration.

Sorting on the parts of mendicants must be interdicted.

A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiate the potable concoction produced by steeping comestibles.

Exclusive dedication to necessary chores without interludes of hedonistic diversions tends to render Jack a heptudinous fellow.

A revolving lathic conglomerate accumulates no dimunutive glacous bryophitic plants.

The person presenting the ultimate cachination possesses, thereby, the optimal cachination.

Missiles of ligneous or porous consistency may have the potential of fracturing my osseous structure, but nouns and verbs will forever be benign.


translate this!

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:33 pm
by valerie
Okay.



1. Beauty is only skin deep.

2. Twinkle, twinkle, little star

3. Birds of a feather flock together.

5. Don't cry over spilt milk

6. The pen is mightier than the sword.

7. Cleanliness is next to Godliness

8. You can't teach an old dog new tricks

10. A watched pot never boils

12. Dead men don't tell tales

13. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

15. Where there's smoke, there's fire

17. Too many cooks spoil the broth

18. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

19. A rolling stone gathers no moss

21. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me







:) :thinking: :yh_think

translate this!

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:56 pm
by lady cop
well that's the end of this thread! LOL~~~superb Val! (did you see the dog video i sent you yet?) oops...4,9,11,16 still missing. play on!

translate this!

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:07 pm
by valerie
Sorry, LC, was I only sposed to guess one of them or something?!?!?!?





:o

translate this!

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:11 pm
by lady cop
valerie wrote: Sorry, LC, was I only sposed to guess one of them or something?!?!?!?





:o no , i just thought nobody would get them all right away! shoulda known better! but there's still 4 not answered. smart lady!!!

translate this!

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:20 pm
by koan
4 Look before you leap?

9 Spare the rod and spoil the child

11 Beginners luck

16 Beggars can't be choosers

I was a little busy today or would of got them all too. (gloat&giggle)

Good one, lc!!!

translate this!

Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 11:18 am
by john8pies
priceless loquatiousness!

translate this!

Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 11:23 am
by Jives
Wait! Isn't 20 still missing?

"You can't beat the best"?

lol. Thanks LC, I'm printing this out for my reading class, they are studying "Aphorisms" amd need the vocabulary.

translate this!

Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 3:20 pm
by lady cop
Jives wrote: Wait! Isn't 20 still missing?



"You can't beat the best"?



lol. Thanks LC, I'm printing this out for my reading class, they are studying "Aphorisms" amd need the vocabulary.i think 20. is he who laughs last, laughs best............and you can just send wads of cash Jives! $$$$$$$$$$$$$

translate this!

Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 11:05 am
by valerie
Somehow, gang, we all missed #14!! ???? Don't know how that's possible.





But I'm gonna let someone else guess this one, 'kay?



:-4