Get To The Point!The list below is part of a test given at the local phone company here to new applicants for an operators position. It is really a part of their hiring process and applicants must translate correctly at least 5 or more to be hired.
The following is a list of proverbs that express a well known truth or fact. Translate each proverb into its more commonly known sentence or phrase.
1. An ignoramus and his/her lucre are readily disjoined.
2. In the absence of the feline race, certain small rodents will give themselves up to various pleasurable pastimes.
3. A plethora of culinary specialists vitiate the liquid in which a variety of nutritional substances have been simmered.
4. Impetuous celerity engenders purposeless spoilage.
5. Illegal transgression has no remuneration for its perpetrators.
6. A winged and feathered animal in the digital limb is as valuable as a duet in the shrubbery.
7. A condition characterized by tardiness is more desirable than one that is systematically marked by eternal absenteeism.
IF you can't figure them out, I'll give you the answers later.
I thought it was fun and for the record I only missed one that I'm not telling which one yet. Enjoy.
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