council

council pop

Tap water that is provided by the local city government (or corporation), likened humorously to a soft drink (pop) that is free. Primarily heard in UK. Back when I was a kid, the only thing we had to drink was council pop!

Councils of war never fight.

Prov. A group of people charged with crucial decisions often cannot act decisively. We tried to convince the boss not to form a committee, but to decide himself. We knew that councils of war never fight.

See also: Council, fight, never, of, war

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tahvo	TAHH-vo	Finnish
AfËRdita	ah-fər-DEET-ah	Albanian
Zosime	-	Ancient Greek
Sharifa	-	Arabic
Reinhilde	-	German
Friedrich	FREED-rikh	German