(March 20, 2011 at 5:43 pm)Zenith Wrote: this argument is as good as proving these to be "wrong":
"My nose is running" - THE NOSE CANNOT RUN!! (as if now it's the first time we hear it) IT'S A CONTRADICTION!!
"what is done is done" - now this must be an absurd statement!
"it's raining heavily" - the rain cannot be heavy!!
"Better be the head of a dog then the tail of a lion" - one cannot be a head of the dog, COME ON PEOPLE!!! or... a tail of an animal??? (isn't this idiotic?)
"Kill the goose that lays the golden egg" - no goose lays golden eggs! now that's ridiculous!!
"Kindness begets kindness" - kindness cannot beget. sorry. it's absurd.
the list can go on, and on. Too bad I don't know too many sayings like these in english.
LOL, where did you get these quotes? I never heard most of them before.
- "My nose is running" sound much better than "snot is running out of my nose"..but the bible says several times that there are litteral "windows in the heavens" that rain comes out of, and that the sky is solid. Is saying the sky is solid the same as saying your nose is running?
Are we supposed to take the bible literally, or make excuses for it? Is the bible written to be accurate, or does it use slangs, shortcuts, etc?
