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!
See also: 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:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nitika-Indian, Hindi
GrosvenorGROV-ə-nər, GROV-nərEnglish (Rare)
PÉPinPEP-in (English)History
MareMAH-re (Croatian)Estonian, Slovene, Macedonian, Croatian
DarwinDAHR-winEnglish
Najib-Arabic