Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me

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• sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me — To be resistant to criticism.  This is often said to young children upset over the fact that another child called them something that they did not like …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me — Similar to hard words break no bones. 1894 G. F. NORTHALL Folk Phrases 23 Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me! Said by one youngster to another calling names. 1980 Cosmopolitan Dec. 137 ‘Sticks and stones may break …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Sticks and Stones (Nursery Rhyme) — Sticks and Stones Sticks and Stones is a popular English language Nursery Rhyme.The rhyme instructs in two ways, one for children and one for adults:1. It persuades the child victim of name calling to ignore the taunt, to refrain from physical… …   Wikipedia

• names — noun verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me • Syn: ↑name calling • Hypernyms: ↑defamation, ↑calumny, ↑calumniation, ↑obloquy, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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• Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …   Proverbs new dictionary

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