Quotations and Literature Forum

Tea is to sipping as cake is to chewing

Paddling is to canoeing as driving is to driving

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-Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Thanks Jen, I have settled on another comparison but I will contemplate cake and chewing in a different pharase.

Paddling is to canoeing as rowing is to boating. (Bingo)

Tea is to sipping as whiskey is to nipping.

Here is another one that I want to put up for grabs (based on cdsg23's reply).

_______ is to _______ as sweat is to exercise.

Some of my favorite words are reserved for expression.

Flyblown: The situation is flyblown; meaning that blow flies are blowing it.

Belly-up: The poetry reading has gone belly up; meaning that it is now dead-in-the water.

I'm sitting on ready and rocking on go.

Fat is to eating as sweat is to exercise.

probably not what you're looking for but the first thing that poped into my head

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-Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Thanks a bunch.

Well I wrote down the first word that came to mind under each letter of the alphabet and what-u-see is what-u-get.

Affluent
Bandersnatch
Colossal
Diamond
Exurbia
Fearless
Garnet
Hunt
Individualistic
Jasper
Kryptonite
Loquacious
Magnanimous
Nimbus
Orgasmic
Pussy
Quizzical
Ruby
Synergy
Touchdown
Utopia
Voluptuous
Wanderlust
Xanadu
Yukon
Zephyr

Shovel versus Spade: I own three shovels but I have never owed a spade.

Fishing versus Angling: I often go fishing but I seldom go angling.

Potato versus Spud: I grow potatoes but I have never grown a spud.

Cabin versus Cottage: I am building a log cabin because I’ve never seen a log cottage.

Money versus Cash: I’ve got my money in my wallet and my cash in my pocket.

Speak versus Talk: I talk everyday but I seldom speak.

Pancake versus Flapjack: One can order pancakes at numerous restaurants but flapjacks are almost never on the menu. One can order pancakes with sausages or pancakes with bacon.

Frying pan versus Skillet: Would you fry me a pan of pork chops? My wife hit me over the head with a skillet.

Hotdog versus Wiener: I would rather be a hot dog than a wiener. We are planning to have a wiener roast. Would you like to come?

Coke versus Soda Pop: There is no such thing as a soda pop in the southern United States. Would you like a Coke?

Buzzard versus Vulture: There is only one thing that a buzzard will not eat and that is a dead vulture.

Antidisestablishmentarianism (only because it's the longest word )
I'm not sure if I have a favourite word, maybe...eternity.

Point of interest, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the english language, not antidisestablishmentarianism.

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Go on, cdsg, say it ! Fast!

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The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
e e cummings (1894 - 1962)

which one?

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Sanctuary: a small safe place in a troubling world

Just anybody can say antidisestablishmentarianism these days !:lol:

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The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
e e cummings (1894 - 1962)

Probably "chivalry," and "quixotic," mainly for the meaning. The two go hand in hand.

So pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis then.

Point of interest, it means a lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust. Just in case anyone was wondering.

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Sanctuary: a small safe place in a troubling world

Noir.. unique.. amazing.. la vie en rose.. elite.. sympathy.. mine..
cruel.. eima.. chocola

Really, no one knows the greatest word or phrase in English? No one has seen Darko? Guess I'll be the first.
Cellar Door.

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