"No Man" expressions

[one_raven]

What different "No Man" expressions do you know?

For example:

Time and Tide wait for no man.
No man is an island.

[S.A.M.]

To boldly go where no man has gone before

No man's land

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends

Trust no man even your own brother Whose hair is one color and beard another

[Oli]

"Is this yours?"
"No man, never seen it before"

[one_raven]

Sam,

Where do these come from?

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends

Trust no man even your own brother Whose hair is one color and beard another

[S.A.M.]

The first one is in the bible, I think; the second one is something I remember reading. I thought it was funny because I know this guy who colours his white beard with henna. So it stuck with me.

edit: the first one is gospel of John 15:13

[Oli]

The first one is in the bible, I think;
John 15:13.

[S.A.M.]

Beat ya ;)

[Oli]

You think!
Edits don't count... :p

[S.A.M.]

It was fast enough that it didn't get recorded :mad:

[hypewaders]

Reminds me of the scripture that first ruined Christianity for me:
no man comes to the Father, but by me.
-Jesus, John 14:6

[Simon Anders]

What God has brought together let no man put asunder.

(not really an expression, but....and for those who do not recognize it, it's from the Christian wedding ceremony. But it would make a rather important general rule. I mean think of chemists, miners, farmers and all the other professions where what God has brought together men put asunder. ((and women, too)))

[hypewaders]

In the meadow we can build a snowman,
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown.
He'll say 'Are You Married?' We'll say "No man"-
But you can do the job, when you're in town
***

[hypewaders]

The Sun went down

No Man looked on

The Earth and I, alone,
Were present at the Majesty
He triumphed, and went on

The Sun went up

No Man looked on

The Earth and I and One
A nameless Bird, a Stranger
Were Witness for the Crown


No Man can compass a Despair
As round a Goalless Road
No faster than a Mile at once
The Traveller proceed

Unconscious of the Width
Unconscious that the Sun
Be setting on His progress
So accurate the One

At estimating Pain
Whose own
Has just begun
His ignorance The Angel
That pilots Him along -Emily Dickinson

[hypewaders]

No Man's Land is an eerie sight
At early dawn in the pale gray light.
Never a house and never a hedge
In No Man's Land from edge to edge,
And never a living soul walks there
To taste the fresh of the morning air;
Only some lumps of rotting clay,
That were friends or foemen yesterday.

What are the bounds of No Man's Land?
You can see them clearly on either hand,
A mound of rag-bags gray in the sun,
Or a furrow of brown where the earthworks run
From the eastern hills to the western sea,
Through field or forest o'er river and lea;
No man may pass them, but aim you well
And Death rides across on the bullet or shell.

But No Man's Land is a goblin sight
When patrols crawl over at dead o' night;
Boche or British, Belgian or French,
You dice with death when you cross the trench.
When the "rapid," like fireflies in the dark,
Flits down the parapet spark by spark,
And you drop for cover to keep your head
With your face on the breast of the four months' dead.

The man who ranges in No Man's Land
Is dogged by the shadows on either hand
When the star-shell's flare, as it bursts o'erhead,
Scares the gray rats that feed on the dead,
And the bursting bomb or the bayonet-snatch
May answer the click of your safety-catch,
For the lone patrol, with his life in his hand,
Is hunting for blood in No Man's Land.
- James H. Knight-Adkin

[Simon Anders]

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

No man may know the hour or the day.....(can't remember the rest)

Call no man happy until he dies.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends'

[S.A.M.]

How about women? :bugeye:

No woman no cry

[Simon Anders]

Hey,
I thought of that. But apart from the 'woman', it is not really a saying, it is an imperative sentence. It does not describe, it tells someone to (not) do something.

[S.A.M.]

Its the only one I could think of. Clearly, we need to make up some more

[one_raven]

How about women? :bugeye:

No woman no cry

Clearly, we need to make up some more


This is a thread about "No Man" expressions.
Start your own thread, feminist.

[spidergoat]

Pissing in your boots keeps no man warm for long.

[hypewaders]

I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world – it is the charity of its silence.
Let no man write my epitaph.
No man can write my epitaph, for as no man who knows my motives and character dares now to vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them.
Let them rest in obscurity and peace until other times and other men can do justice to them.
When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then shall my character be vindicated, then may my epitaph be written. - Roibéard Eiméid, Speech from the Dock (http://www.dublincastle.ie/history13.html)

[leopold99]

What different "No Man" expressions do you know?

no man should know where his dreams come from
-dr. noonian soon, star trek the next generation.

[Diode-Man]

Pissing in your boots keeps no man warm for long.

You know those cold friggin winter days where your feet are numb and you have to pee really bad?

[Cyperium]

Reminds me of the scripture that first ruined Christianity for me:

-Jesus, John 14:6Why? If you came there then you know that it must have been by him. I mean, that is nice to know :)

Like this (not word for word, just the general message);

"you didn't give me water when I was thirsty, you didn't give me clothes when I was naked, you didn't give me money when I was poor, you didn't visit me when I was prisoned."

"But I haven't seen you thirsty, or poor, or prisoned?"

"Whatever you do to your neighbor you do to me."

[Cyperium]

Hey,
I thought of that. But apart from the 'woman', it is not really a saying, it is an imperative sentence. It does not describe, it tells someone to (not) do something.Actually it does describe, at least to my interpretation of it.

It's not that no one would cry if there were no woman (in a bad sense of it), it's that no one would cry if there were no woman (in a good sense of it).

[one_raven]

Actually it does describe, at least to my interpretation of it.

It's not that no one would cry if there were no woman (in a bad sense of it), it's that no one would cry if there were no woman (in a good sense of it).

Actually, he is talking to a woman and telling her not to cry.

"No, woman, no cry.
Dear little darling, don't shed no tears."

Listen to the rest of the lyrics.

[Simon Anders]

Yes, it's basically Don't cry woman, but gentle.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion

Judge no man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes

No man is a good physician who has never been sick

No man is a hero in the eyes of his valet.

No man is a prophet in his own country.

[Simon Anders]

No man is his craft's master the first day.

No man is impatient with his creditors.

No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full.

No man sees his shadow who faces the sun.

and for the feminists (sort of)

No woman marries an old man for God's sake.

[iceaura]

I recall this, but perhaps imperfectly (doesn't trace on the net).

"No man ever killed himself, who had a good three year old in the stable."

[Simon Anders]

No man assuaged his fear of women by making them fear him.

[hypewaders]

Reminds me of the scripture that first ruined Christianity for me (John 14:6).

Cyperium: "Why?"



OK a brief answer, but let's please avoid a theological discussion here, and I'll try to stay topical.

From an early age, I got to know many exceptionally good people- Devout believers in God, who did not believe in the Trinity. They didn't believe in the divinity of Christ. They just didn't seem to pass muster with Jesus' "No Man Comes Unto the Father, But By Me". I was taught that these people were unworthy of heaven, because it is their belief that no man may stand between God and man; that God is no man, and that God can father no man. Then I learned first-hand how they also believed in helping travelers in need. My family and I were sheltered in trying circumstances, that I'm certain my Western Christian friends would not be so inviting in a similar situation. Pondering that, I realized that Christianity is wrong to exclude Muslims by the "No Man" clause -an exclusion that Islam does not reciprocate, by the way. I too can accept no man as God's booking-agent; no man as heaven's gatekeeper, and certainly no man as God's sacrifice to himself. These thoughts are how I began to lose my religion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NQeSIkw3X0) (in a hasty nutshell).

[Cellar_Door]

If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

Shakespeare, Sonnet 116

Not really a saying but it was the first thing to come to mind.

[Cellar_Door]

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.

William Hazlitt

[S.A.M.]

Pondering that, I realized that Christianity is wrong to exclude Muslims by the "No Man" clause -an exclusion that Islam does not reciprocate, by the way.

That makes me wonder about the origin of the no man clause and the period of time when it came about

[Fraggle Rocker]

That makes me wonder about the origin of the no man clause and the period of time when it came aboutFor you biblical scholars, it's John 6:44. Based upon what I've read, the consensus of us outsiders is that what became known as Christianity was derived from Paulist philosophy rather than Johanine. So it may be that remarks attributed to John--or should I say remarks attributed to the fictional character of Jesus through the perhaps equally fictional character of John by the authors of the New Testament--were not necessarily well integrated into the canon of Christianity and may not be reflected in such a mandatory discriminatory attitude.

The Jews also have no directive of this nature. The conditions they believe their god imposes on them are for them alone, and have no bearing on other people. I've never heard a Jewish scholar even consider the question of what's going to happen to other 99.8 percent of us on Judgment Day.

[StrangerInAStrangeLa]

No man asks to be a hero.
No man ever quite believes in any other man.
No man lets his instrument get out of his hands after he gets it right.
No man wants skin & bones.
Every man wants to marry a virgin but no man wants to be a virgin until he marries.
No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be.
Butterfly, who's been grieving all the while, has hoped to lure him with her spanking-fresh tuna, wasabi and shaved radish, a dish no man of the sea could withstand.
Trust fully no man Of England.
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
Take heed that no man deceive you.
For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
Make no man a god.
Time and tide wait for no man.
Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.
No man ever listened himself out of a job.
If no man hurts thee, it is the stroke of Jove, and thou must bear it.
1111

[Anti-Flag]

"no man is ever going to tell me how to live my bloody life!"
;)

[Cyperium]

Actually, he is talking to a woman and telling her not to cry.

"No, woman, no cry.
Dear little darling, don't shed no tears."

Listen to the rest of the lyrics.I see that you are right.

I wonder if he intentionally made it sound like it could be both ways?

[Cyperium]

Reminds me of the scripture that first ruined Christianity for me (John 14:6).

Cyperium: "Why?"



OK a brief answer, but let's please avoid a theological discussion here, and I'll try to stay topical.

From an early age, I got to know many exceptionally good people- Devout believers in God, who did not believe in the Trinity. They didn't believe in the divinity of Christ. They just didn't seem to pass muster with Jesus' "No Man Comes Unto the Father, But By Me". I was taught that these people were unworthy of heaven, because it is their belief that no man may stand between God and man; that God is no man, and that God can father no man. Then I learned first-hand how they also believed in helping travelers in need. My family and I were sheltered in trying circumstances, that I'm certain my Western Christian friends would not be so inviting in a similar situation. Pondering that, I realized that Christianity is wrong to exclude Muslims by the "No Man" clause -an exclusion that Islam does not reciprocate, by the way. I too can accept no man as God's booking-agent; no man as heaven's gatekeeper, and certainly no man as God's sacrifice to himself. These thoughts are how I began to lose my religion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NQeSIkw3X0) (in a hasty nutshell).Well, I see your points and do see some points that I would like to make too but I agree that this isn't the topic for that, and that we should - if so - discuss this in a different thread. I respect your decision though.

[Fraggle Rocker]

Well, I see your points and do see some points that I would like to make too but I agree that this isn't the topic for that, and that we should - if so - discuss this in a different thread. I respect your decision though.In which case I suppose it would also belong in a different subforum.

[Cyperium]

In which case I suppose it would also belong in a different subforum.Yes. Got me there :)