“There’s a black sheep in every flock” implies that there is a scoundrel in every family. Someone whose behaviour is considered by the family to be bad, a disgrace or embarrassing.
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People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones
“People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones” is used to remind people of their own vulnerability when they criticise or complain about others when they have similar faults or bad faults of their own. Don’t criticise other people for their bad character qualities and flaws when they are similar weaknesses that you have yourself. Be […]
In through one ear and out of the other
In through one ear and out of the other is used to say that someone does not remember what you say or pay attention to it as the do not heed or acting on the information given. It also describe someone who appears to listen or concentrate to something but then does not remember what […]