文档介绍：American Proverbs 美国谚语
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? A handful of gold is a heart of iron.
? A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
?Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
?Act your age, not your shoe size. (Also, "Act your age, not your IQ")
?Actions speak louder than words, but words of action speak proudly.
?* A fool and his money are soon parted
? A friend in need, is a friend indeed!
? A horse with two heads wins no races. (Variant: Too many chiefs, and not enough Indians.)
?All hat, no cattle
?All's fair in love and war.
?Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
? A man who acts as his own attorney has a fool for a client.
?An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
?Originated in the 1900s as a marketing slogan dreamed up by American growers concerned that the temperance movement would cut into sales of apple cider. (Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire, Random House, 2022, ISBN 0375501290, p. 22, cf. p. 9 & 50)
?An idle mind is the devil's workshop/playground
?An ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure. - Unknown
? A penny saved is a penny earned.
?As California goes, so goes the nation.
?As the crow flies
? A broken clock's right twice