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  • Pride comes before a fall. — British & Australian, American something that you say which means if you are too confident about yourself, something bad will happen to show you that you are not as good as you think you are. Just because you did well in your exams doesn t mean… …   New idioms dictionary

  • pride comes before a fall — ► pride goes (or comes) before a fall proverb if you re too self important, something will happen to make you look foolish. Main Entry: ↑pride …   English terms dictionary

  • pride comes before a fall — pride comes/goes before a ˈfall idiom (saying) if you have too high an opinion of yourself or your abilities, sth will happen to make you look stupid Main entry: ↑prideidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pride goes before a fall — is a paraphrase of an ancient Hebrew proverb, designed to warn that pride will often cause one to fall or fail. Another variant on this quotation is Pride comes before the fall .OverviewThe full text of Proverbs 16:18: Pride goes before… …   Wikipedia

  • pride goes before a fall — pride goes (or comes) before a fall proverb if you re too conceited or self important, something will happen to make you look foolish * * * pride comes/goes before a ˈfall idiom (saying) if you have too high an opinion of yourself or your… …   Useful english dictionary

  • pride goes before a fall — ► pride goes (or comes) before a fall proverb if you re too self important, something will happen to make you look foolish. Main Entry: ↑pride …   English terms dictionary

  • Pride — is a lofty view of one s self or one s own. Pride often manifests itself as a high opinion of one s nation (national pride), ethnicity (ethnic pride), or appearance and abilities (vanity). Pride is considered a negative attribute by most major… …   Wikipedia

  • pride — ► NOUN 1) a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from achievements, qualities, or possessions. 2) a cause or source of such a feeling. 3) consciousness of one s own dignity. 4) the quality of having an excessively high opinion of… …   English terms dictionary

  • Fall guy — A fall guy is a person used as a scapegoat to take the blame for someone else s actions, or someone at the butt of jokes. One placed in the position of fall guy is often referred to as taking the fall . In the film industry, a fall guy is a form… …   Wikipedia

  • List of misquotations — A famous misquotation is a well known phrase attributed to someone who either did not actually say it in that form of words, or did not say it at all. It may not be known how these phrases came about, but when possible, their type of origin is… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Asterix characters — Some characters of Asterix. In the front row are the main Gaulish characters, plus Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. This is a list of characters in the Asterix comics. Contents 1 …   Wikipedia

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