Everything in life is temporary…
Darkness of the night or brightness of the day.
Even sunrise is temporary… And so is sunset.
If things are going good enjoy it… It won’t last forever
And if things are going bad
Don’t worry coz it won’t last forever either.
Everything just passes by…
I asked the zebra,
Are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Are you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with good habits?
Are you noisy with quiet times?
Or quiet with noisy times?
Are you happy with some sad days?
Or are you sad with some happy days?Are you neat with some sloppy ways?
Or are you sloppy with some neat ways?
And on and on and on and on
And on and on he went.
I’ll never ask a zebra
About stripes
Again.
A Mother was reading a magazine and her cute little daughter every now and then distracted her. To keep her busy, she tore one page on which was printed the map of the world. She tore it into pieces and asked her to go to her room and put them together to make the map again.
She was sure her daughter would take a lot more time and probably whole of day to get it done. But the little one came back within minutes with perfect map.
When she asked how she could do it so quickly, she said, "Oh Mom, there is a man's face on the other side of the paper. I made the face perfect to get the map right." she ran outside to play leaving the mother surprised.
Moral :
Perhaps there is always the other side to whatever you experience in this world. This story indirectly teaches a lesson. That is, whenever we come across a challenge or a puzzling situation, look at the other side...and will be surprised to see an easy way to tackle the problem or an acute difficulty.
1. Hit the books
Meaning:
Study very hard.
If you hit the books, you start to study hard seriously with determination.
Example:
2. A hand-me-downa
Meaning:
A shirt, dress, pants, etc. that an older person (especially your older brother or sister) in your family has given to you because it is too small or he/she doesn’t want to wear it anymore.
A hand-me-down is a piece of clothing that has been worn by someone (especially your older brother/sister) and given to you.
Example:
3. Give someone a hand
Meaning:
Help someone when he/she is doing something difficult.
If you give a person a hand, you give him/her assistance because he/she is trying to do something difficult.
Example:
4. Be fishy
Meaning:
Seem not to be true / honest; be suspicioius
If a situation or something/someone is fishy, you mean it seems someone is not completely honest or someething is not true.
Example:
5. Be (as) cool as a cucumber
Meaning:
very calm and relaxed even in a difficult situation
If someone is (as) cool as a cucumber, he/she is very relaxed and/or calm when you expect him/her to be nervous or upset.
Example:
He had very bad news last night, but he came to the office as cool as a cucumber this morning as if nothing had happened.
6. Be broke
Meaning:
Without money
If you are broke, you don’t have money.
Example:
7. Stay up
Meaning:
Not go to bed at a time when most people are in bed or when you would be normally in bed.
If you stay up, you go to bed later than usual.
Example:
The students stayed up late last night to prepare for the final exam.
We stayed up all night telling our stories.
8. A bad apple
Meaning:
A (morally) bad person who makes a whole group bad.
A bad apple is someone who has a bad effect on a whole group or system.
People also say, “One bad/rotten apple spoils the (whole) bushel/barrel.”
Example:
9. Hit the ceiling / Hit the roof
Meaning:
Become extremely angry.
If you hit the ceiling / roof, you get very angry.
Example:
10. Be tongue-tied
Meaning:
Unable to speak.
If you are tongue-tied, you cannot speak and express yourself easily because you are shy, nervous, or embarrassed.
Example:
