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English thesaurus - terms added by user victorych: 2
| 18.10.2008 | 15:51:21 | abbr. | ≈ | youth is wasted on the young (It means young people are full of energy and vitality but they fritter away opportunity after opportunity to put their talents to good use, preferring to spend their time playing video games and other pointless pursuits The idea may go back thousands of years, but the quotation goes back to George Bernard Shaw, or so everyone believes) |
| 18.10.2008 | 14:51:21 | gen. | youth is wasted on the young | ≈ (It means young people are full of energy and vitality but they fritter away opportunity after opportunity to put their talents to good use, preferring to spend their time playing video games and other pointless pursuits The idea may go back thousands of years, but the quotation goes back to George Bernard Shaw, or so everyone believes) |