“If service is below you, leadership is beyond you”
"If service/serving is below/beneath you, leadership is beyond you" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is somewhat related to Matthew 23:11, "The greatest…
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"If service/serving is below/beneath you, leadership is beyond you" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is somewhat related to Matthew 23:11, "The greatest…
"If service/serving is below/beneath you, leadership is beyond you" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is somewhat related to Matthew 23:11, "The greatest…
"If service/serving is below/beneath you, leadership is beyond you" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is somewhat related to Matthew 23:11, "The greatest…
"Words have wings, so speak good things" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Words have wings" (or "winged words") was frequently written by the ancient…
"LGBTQ" (or LGBT) are too many confusing letters for some people, who add the last three letters of the alphabet to it, forming "LGBTQXYZ" (or "LGBTXYZ"). The…
"LGBTQ" (or LGBT) are too many confusing letters for some people, who add the last three letters of the alphabet to it, forming "LGBTQXYZ" (or "LGBTXYZ"). The…
"LGBTQ" (or LGBT) are too many confusing letters for some people, who add the last four letters of the alphabet to it, forming "LGBTQWXYZ" (or "LGBTWXYZ"). The…
"LGBTQ" (or LGBT) are too many confusing letters for some people, who add the last four letters of the alphabet to it, forming "LGBTQWXYZ" (or "LGBTWXYZ"). The…
Something that is "like putting lipstick on a pig" is a superficial attempt to cover up someone or something that's ugly. The expression has been popular in American politics since…
Frogs like to jump -- something they can't do much of in a box. "Mad as a box of frogs" means to be very mad. "Mad as a box of frogs" was printed in mixmag (London, UK) on…
"Mad as a ferret" was printed in the Daily News (New York, NY) on February 19, 1971. The expression possibly borrows on the older "mad a a March hare." As mad as one ferret is,…
"Mad as a ferret" was printed in the Daily News (New York, NY) on February 19, 1971. The expression possibly borrows on the older "mad a a March hare." As mad as one ferret is,…
"Mad as a ferret" was printed in the Daily News (New York, NY) on February 19, 1971. The expression possibly borrows on the older "mad a a March hare." As mad as one ferret is,…
To "not know (someone) from Adam" --- Adam being the first man, as written in the Book of Genesis -- is not to know someone. The expression has been cited in print since at least 1750. To…
Something that is "like putting lipstick on a pig" is a superficial attempt to cover up someone or something that's ugly. The expression has been popular in American politics since…
Frogs like to jump -- something they can't do much of in a box. "Mad as a box of frogs" means to be very mad. "Mad as a box of frogs" was printed in mixmag (London, UK) on…
To be "madder than a wet hen" or "as mad as a wet hen" is be to very mad. Hens don't like water on their feathers. "Mad as a wet hen" was printed in Spirit of the…
"I keep hitting/pressing the space bar, but I'm still on earth" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "i got a text last night that said 'madison. there…
"Cricket is a batsman's game" is a popular cricket adage. "No longer is cricket regarded solely as a batsman's game with bowlers there to act as stooges as it were"…
Saran Wrap protects foods from spoilage. "Sir Anwrap" is a jocular name for the wrap. "I can see clear through you. Youre no real Knight, Sir Anrap! Prepare to be cleft in twain! Tis…