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people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones	Do not criticize others if you have weaknesses yourself.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
go around the houses	Do something circuitously.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
safe as houses	Very secure.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ejusdem generis	A canon of construction holding that when a general term follows a list of particular terms, the general term only applies to things similar to the particular terms. For example, in the list "sun, moon, and other large objects", the phrase "other large objects" only includes celestial bodies, not houses and elephants.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
celui qui sème le vent récolte la tempête	He who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind; Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
every cloud has a silver lining	In every bad situation there is an element of good1881, National Academy of Code Administration (U.S.), Folio, page 417:Every cloud has a silver lining; but in the old-fashioned meeting-houses every cloud of hymnal melody generally had a nasal lining before the congregation...1887, Shakers, Religion, page 36:that "a little reserve and thou'lt fail surely," will prove to be true in our experience. Every cloud has a silver lining and so has every sorrow,1918, George Jean Nathan, Performing Arts, page 222:But the most popular attitude toward what we may call "sad" plays is the peculiar one of believing that, since every cloud has a silver lining,	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ignem tectis inferre, subicere	to set fire to houses.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
vineas agere (B. G. 3. 21)	to advance pent-houses, mantlets.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)