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"wisdom is faster than speed."	Wisdom	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
pearl of wisdom	A succinct, insightful saying, piece of advice, or moral precept.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
"there is a supreme wisdom beyond human knowledge."	Wisdom	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
"water ignorance with knowledge that wisdom grows."	Wisdom	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fount of wisdom/knowledge	Boundless source of information; expert level Various other nouns are interchangeable with ‘wisdom’ or ‘knowledge’ to modify status as a ’fount of,‘ or ‘being a wealth of’ something E.g. fount of courage, fount of compassion, fount of indecision, etc.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
to attain one' age of wisdom	To reach an age of maturity, to grow old.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
wisdom tooth	third molar	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
holy cricket	In shock, terrified, etc. Saying it that will make you almost petrified or Stunned.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
holy mackerel	An expression of surprise.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
holy mackinaw	Interjection of joy and astonishment (akin to WOW! or Stupendous!)	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
holy toledo!	A phrase of exclamation.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
holy shit	Expression of terror, awe, surprise, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.	Rate it: (4.00 / 4 votes)
holy catfish	Expression of terror, awe, surprise, astonishment, etc.	Rate it: (3.50 / 2 votes)
holy crap on a cracker	Emphatic form of holy crap.	Rate it: (3.00 / 3 votes)
holy fuck	Expression of terror, awe, surprise, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.	Rate it: (2.50 / 4 votes)
holy cow	An exclamation of surprise or astonishment.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
holy crap	An expression of amazement: holy cow, holy shit.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
holy crap on a stick	Emphatic form of holy crap.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
holy crickets	An expression of surprise or astonishment.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
holy macaroni	An expression of surprise.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
holy moley	An expression of surprise	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Holy of Holies	One's private retreat, inner sanctum.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Holy of Holies	The most sacred place within a sacred building.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
holy smoke	An expression of surprise.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
the holy of holies	The most private room in the house. "This is my husband's holy of holies where he can work without being disturbed." The Holy of Holies was the name given to the innermost apartment of the Jewish Temple, where the Ark of the Covenant was kept. Only the high priest could enter this room on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
“holy shit!”	To acknowledge something as in “wow!”.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
as the fella says	as the saying goes; as someone once said, invoking the wisdom of the common man on the street	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
faire le bon apôtre	To put on a saintly look; To pretend to be holy.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
open sourcerer	A person who refuses to be a Googler, Facebooker or any form of #BigTecher, indulges instead in the magic of collective wisdom in open source!	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
you're a woozle!	You just wrote something great/said something which showed wisdom/were really kind.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
let there be light	Used as a metaphor for the spread of wisdom	Rate it: (3.75 / 4 votes)
hay que joderse	you're kidding me; crap; holy crap	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
who do you think you are, you've not been to cardiff?	You dont know anything. You have no knowkedge of the world or any wisdom.	Rate it: (1.50 / 2 votes)
break the Sabbath	To violate the holiness or sanctity of the Sabbath by not keeping it holy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
feed a cold, starve a fever	Eating more will cure the common cold, and eating less will cure a fever.1887, J. H. Whelan, "The Treatment of Colds.", The Practitioner, vol. 38, pg. 180:"Feed a cold, starve a fever." There is a deal of wisdom in the first part of this advice. A person with a catarrh should take an abundance of light nutritious food, and some light wine, but avoid spirits, and above all tobacco.1968, Katinka Loeser, The Archers at Home, publ. Atheneum, New York, pg. 60:I have a cold. 'Feed a cold, starve a fever.' You certainly know that.2009, Shelly Reuben, Tabula Rasa, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 015101079X, pg. 60:They say feed a cold, starve a fever, but they don't tell you what to do when you got both, so I figured scrambled eggs, tea, and toast.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fiat lux	Let there be light, especially in the context of light being a metaphor for wisdom	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
horse sense	Common sense, especially with a connotation of folk wisdom independent from, and trumping, formal education.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
la concha de la lora	fucking shit; holy fuck	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
me cago en el mar	fuck; fuck it; holy crap on a stick.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
me cago en tus muertos	fuck; fuck it; holy crap on a stick	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
old head on young shoulders	Someone that has have the wisdom of age during his or her physical youth.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
primas (e.g. sapientiae) alicui deferre, tribuere, concedere	to give the palm, the first place (for wisdom) to some one.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
prudentia (civilis) (De Or. 1. 19. 85)	statesmanship; political wisdom.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull the other one, it's got bells on	Monty Python's Holy Grail.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
stranger on the phone	Dr. Greshun De Bouse's brilliant true account of a present-day angel in female human form who uplifts and changes lives of countless downtrodden men whom have never seen her, via telephone through the power of Biblical scripture and the Holy Spirit.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
there's no fool like an old fool	Age does not bring wisdom.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
you can't put an old head on young shoulders	Young people inevitably lack the experience and wisdom which come with age.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)