More Idioms
A couple more idioms.
The early bird gets the worm.
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/127000.html
Meaning:* Success comes to those who prepare well and put in effort.
Origin:* First recorded in Joyn Ray’s A Collection of English proverbs 1670, 1678; indicates that this was considered proverbial even in the 17th century.
Example:* Plan ahead and make it happen.
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Carpe diem.*
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/carpe-diem.html
Meaning:* “Pluck the day” is the correct translation:however, usually translated from Latin as “˜seize the day’.* “˜Carpe’ translates literally as “˜pluck’, with particular reference to the picking of fruit:such as pluck the day when it is ripe.
The extended version of the phrase “˜carpe diem’, quam minimum cre4dula postero’ translates as “˜pluck the day, trusting as little as possible in the future..
Origin: Latin phrase in the lyric poet Quintus Haratius Flaccus (65 BC ” 8 BDC).* Lord Byroh’s use of the phrase first began its inspiration into English.* He included it in his 1817 work “˜Letters’, published in 1830 by Thomas Moore.
Example: * Do now, don’t wait.* The past is gone and future is unknown.