Sunday 4 February 2007 7 Idioms in Latin

  1. Adhuc tua messis in herba est - Don't count your chickens before they've hatched
  2. Uno saltu duos apros capere - Kill two birds with one stone
  3. Foro uti - Make hay while the sun shines
  4. Duplici spe uti - Have two strings to one's bow
  5. Clipeum post vulnera sumere - Shut the stable door after the horse is stolen
  6. Inter os et offam multa interveniunt - There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip
  7. Incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim - Out of the frying pan into the fire

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