Do not celebrate or claim success until you are completely safe and finished with a task.
The surgery was successful, but we shouldn't halloo till he's out of the wood and recovered.
Hard work and careful planning create the opportunities that others call 'luck'.
She won the contract because she prepared for months; diligence is the mother of good luck.
A situation where two equally sharp, clever, or powerful people are pitted against each other.
Watching the two master chess players was a case of diamond cut diamond.
The bad things a person does or says will eventually return to harm them.
After years of lying to his partners, his reputation is ruined; curses come home to roost.
An old-fashioned view that children should behave quietly and not interrupt adult conversation.
My grandfather always insisted that children should be seen and not heard during holiday meals.
To use whatever means or methods are available at the moment to achieve a goal.
We didn't have a plan for the dinner party, so we just cooked catch as catch can.
Do not offer something valuable or beautiful to those who are unable to appreciate its worth.
I tried to explain the complex poetry to him, but it was like casting pearls before swine.
A phrase used to excuse rowdy or mischievous behavior in young men as natural.
When they came home covered in mud, she just sighed and said, 'Boys will be boys.'
Hereditary traits and family background will eventually reveal themselves in a person's behavior.
He has the same artistic talent as his grandfather; blood will tell.
It is preferable to be by oneself than to associate with people who have a negative influence.
I decided to stay home rather than go out with that group; better to be alone than in bad company.
The shortest, most direct distance between two points, ignoring roads or obstacles.
It's only five miles from here to the coast as the crow flies.
A person without integrity, character, or the means to support themselves will eventually fail.
He tried to fake his way through the interview, but an empty bag cannot stand upright.
