The thing about a saying is that it has to be catchy, perceived as clever at least.
The thing about "no money, no honey" really connotes more or a "no money, no sex" rather than no love, in my opinion. Or a least indicating the person won't hang around with you as you won't be able to spend it on a good time.
There's a well know song by Willie Nelson called
"If you've got the money honey, I've got the time"
(BTW, this is a kind of silly song by Willie. He has also written and sung love songs that make me cry)
For your saying, since it's short, rhyming would be good. Like no more dying, no more crying.
The thing about a saying is that it has to be catchy, perceived as clever at least.
The thing about "no money, no honey" really connotes more or a "no money, no sex" rather than no love, in my opinion. Or a least indicating the person won't hang around with you as you won't be able to spend it on a good time.
There's a well know song by Willie Nelson called
"If you've got the money honey, I've got the time"
Mess does not rhyme with loss. They have different vowels. Mess rhymes with chess, less, guess, confess, dress, (etc). and loss rhymes with toss, boss, moss (etc).
oristarA wrote:
Did you mean the meaning of "no mess, no loss" is clear and correct?
I think we need to go back to the drawing board on this one.
"No mess, no loss" not only doesn't rhyme, but if you're trying to say, essentially "if you don't murder innocent people, you won't be convicted and executed yourself" it doesn't convey that mean at all.
To my English/American ears if I hear "No mess, no loss" I more think "If you are efficient in what you are doing, you will not waste materials."
The word "loss" as pertaining to death would more be used in sympathy to another person, as in "I'm sorry for your loss", when a loved one dies. Or, if involving a group on people, it's in the case of something tragic happening, and innocent people have died.
In any event, at least in this country, it's been said/documented that threats on the death penalty does not dissuade someone from commiting murder.
Let me think about a phrase while I have my second cup of coffe. I'll be back.
Mess does not rhyme with loss. They have different vowels. Mess rhymes with chess, less, guess, confess, dress, (etc). and loss rhymes with toss, boss, moss (etc).
Does pot rhyme with loss since they share the same vowel?
Mess does not rhyme with loss. They have different vowels. Mess rhymes with chess, less, guess, confess, dress, (etc). and loss rhymes with toss, boss, moss (etc).
Does pot rhyme with loss since they share the same vowel?
No.
Just because they have the same vowel, doesn't mean they will automatically rhyme. Remember long and short vowels.
pot rhymes words like tot, shot, thought, even yacht.
loss rhymes with boss, toss, sauce, Santa Klaus.
If I may ask, are you pronouncing these words out loud, or just relying on how they look visually.
May be a stupid question, sorry if it is, but I wonder if the idea of rhyming is different in Chinese than in English. I just listened to a few rhymes in Chinese on Youtube, and I have to admit I had a hard time hearing words that rhymed, except for obvious things where they ended in an "a" sound.
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chai2
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Fri 18 Apr, 2014 10:56 am
@oristarA,
I can be a horrendous speller.
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ehBeth
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Fri 18 Apr, 2014 10:59 am
@oristarA,
a classic idiom with a rhyming pattern
No pain, no gain.
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a non-rhyming idiom in the same style
No harm, no foul.
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One of the requirements for this type of idiom is that each segment has the same number of beats.
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