Alternative terms

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Lexicographical Neighbors of

a little from column A and a little from column B
a lot
a man's home is his castle
a man is known by the company he keeps
a mensa et thoro
a million
a million times
a miss is as good as a mile
a new broom sweeps clean
a nod is as good as a wink
a non domino
a notch above
a number of
a penny saved is a penny earned
a penny saved is a penny gained
a people (current term)
a piacere
a picture is worth a thousand words
a picture paints a thousand words
a posteriori
a priori
a quick drop and a sudden stop
a riddle wrapped up in an enigma
a rising tide lifts all boats
a rolling stone gathers no moss
a scholar and a gentleman
a small matter
a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
a sprat to catch a mackerel
a stitch in time saves nine

Literary usage of

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1907)
"... of life little known to students, had only deepened the impressions with which the idea of a people's life had in Oxford struck on his imagination. ..."

2. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1910)
"You will have given it over to a people incapable of self-government, who never dwelt in order, peace, or social intercourse save in a state of slavery —a ..."

3. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1875)
"OF CERTAIN PECULIAR AND ACCIDENTAL CAUSES WHICH EITHER LEAD A PEOPLE TO COMPLETE ... But when the equality of conditions grows up amongst a people which has ..."

4. History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent by George Bancroft (1886)
"only, was a people which, by its education and large and long experience, was prepared to act as the depositary and carrier of all political power. ..."

5. Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1854)
"They are a people among whom all the arts are lost—the ample catalogue of whose ... Such is the picture of a people whose fathers wore the proud title of ..."

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