Vocabulary

early to bed early to rise

it is wiser to make money steadily over time; light gains make heavy purse; better small takings than a large win

intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy

to the core; to the bone; to the marrow

to suffer from hunger

When in Rome, do as the Romans do

be; is

a burnt child dreads the fire; once bitten twice shy; to become overcautious from a bad experience

to fall for a trick; to be taken in; to play into the hands (of)

tightly packed; full to capacity; jam-packed

seems; I think; I guess

like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; eggplants don't grow on gourd vines

nothing ventured, nothing gained; you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den

a rolling stone gathers no moss

sorry; excuse me

in search of; in order to look for

to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out

awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing

there is a suitable spouse for everyone; every Jack has his Jill; a mended lid for a cracked pot

to leave this world; to die

to stimulate interest in; to raise awareness of

every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart

too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous

to restore one's energy; to restore one's spirits; to recharge one's batteries

to do so; to do thus

not so

not writing or visiting someone; road of the weasel

ominous; ill-omened; inauspicious; unlucky; sinister

how; in what way; in what manner

that sort of; like that

this, that and the other; this and that

neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying

each and every; all

useless; no good; hopeless

to lose one's way; to be at a loss

to make a road

to seek a path; to find one's way

moreover; besides; in addition; on top of that; to make matters worse

to make sense

to have one's hair stand on end