Hi Anonymous. Thanks for the comment. First, this is off topic for this cliche. Second, I use the cliches as I find them, and this use is how I found it. Further research shows multiple versions exist, although the original appears to be "...those who wait." Third, it is not uncommon to use the nominative "he" rather than the objective "him" in a construction such as this (see Merriam Wesbster's English Usage under "it's me" and "who, whom 1".) Had this been a simple statement like "good things come to him" it would be an easy case, but it isn't. Thus, I'm going to leave it as is. I can see why, if you were writing this blog, you would be tempted to change it, however. Alan
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Meaning: in short, accusations of hypocrisy Rewrite 1: the fire engine calling the barn red Rewrite 2: the leopard calling the Dalmatian spotted Rewrite 3: the emerald calling the coke bottle jaded Rewrite 4: the yew calling the holly unruly Rewrite 5: the spiked do calling the beard unkempt
Comment: It's easy enough to pick up the same sense by simply changing colors, but there are many other sense in which this cliche can work and in which you can extend the metaphor for seeing something in another person that you fail to see in yourself.
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posted by Booksville Bookclub at 9:27 AM on Apr 25, 2009
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Close this window Jump to comment formPlease, please correct the grammar in this one:
"good things come to he who waits"
"TO HIM" Him is object of preposition; "who" is the subject of verb waits
1:37 PM
Hi Anonymous. Thanks for the comment.
First, this is off topic for this cliche. Second, I use the cliches as I find them, and this use is how I found it. Further research shows multiple versions exist, although the original appears to be "...those who wait." Third, it is not uncommon to use the nominative "he" rather than the objective "him" in a construction such as this (see Merriam Wesbster's English Usage under "it's me" and "who, whom 1".) Had this been a simple statement like "good things come to him" it would be an easy case, but it isn't. Thus, I'm going to leave it as is. I can see why, if you were writing this blog, you would be tempted to change it, however. Alan
9:57 AM
For a few hours I have been reading and looking for Cliché: the pot calling the kettle black and is amazing and disturbing how many blogs related to generic viagra are in the web. But anyways, thanks for sharing your inputs, they are really helpful.
Have a nice day
11:34 AM