Assignment for your Final Essay (FD5): Argumentation

by elackian

FD5:  Argumentation

Make a convincing argument as to why one of the following cliché’s is FALSE and ultimately makes for BAD ADVICE.

* Remember that in your introduction, you need to articulate to your reader how you INTERPRET this cliche saying.  What life advice is the cliche actually trying to offer?  What kind of circumstances is the cliche painting?  How to succeed in love?  in life?  in a competition?  with money?  with friendship?  with the self?

  1. Opposites attract
  2. All is fair in love and war
  3. Every cloud has a silver lining
  4. Haste makes waste
  5. Time heals all wounds
  6. What goes around comes around
  7. Laughter is the best medicine
  8. All that glitters is not gold
  9. Tis better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all
  10. Absence makes the heart grow fonder
  11. Absolute power corrupts absolutely
  12. The acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree
  13. Actions speak louder than words
  14. Ignorance is bliss
  15. An idle mind is the devil’s playground
  16. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
  17. You reap what you sow
  18. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
  19. You can’t judge a book by its cover
  20. Beggars can’t be choosers
  21. Better safe than sorry
  22. The bigger they are, the harder they fall
  23. Don’t bite off more than you can chew
  24. Blood is thicker than water
  25. Boys will be boys
  26. You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
  27. You can’t learn to swim without getting in the water
  28. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
  29. The chain is only as strong as its weakest link
  30. The early bird gets the worm
  31. The ends justifies the means
  32. Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
  33. A fool and his money are soon parted.
  34. Give an inch, and they’ll take a mile
  35. A good woman/man is hard to find
  36. Good things come to he who waits
  37. A house divided against itself cannot stand
  38. Don’t piss in your own backyard
  39. You can’t serve two masters
  40. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it’s a duck
  41. If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t way anything at all
  42. It takes two to tango
  43. There’s no use crying over spilled milk
  44. It’s what’s on the inside that counts
  45. Justice is blind
  46. Leave no stone unturned
  47. Let bygones be bygones
  48. Let sleeping dogs lie
  49. Money is the root of all evil
  50. The more, the merrier
  51. Too many cooks in the kitchen ruin the broth
  52. No man is an island
  53. No pain, no gain
  54. Sticks and stones might break my bones, but words will never hurt me
  55. One man’s garbage is another man’s treasure
  56. Opportunity doesn’t knock twice
  57. Don’t throw pearls to swine
  58. Perception is reality
  59. There are always more fish in the sea
  60. There’s no need to reinvent the wheel
  61. The road to hell is paved with good intentions
  62. Silence is golden
  63. Slow and steady wins the race
  64. Spare the rod, spoil the child
  65. Variety is the spice of life
  66. The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach
  67. There are plenty of fish in the sea
  68. You don’t know a wo/man until you’ve walked a mile in her/his shoes
  69. You can’t make a silk purse out of a pig’s ear
  70. You snooze, you lose