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
Amadeus	ahm-ə-DAY-əs (English), ahm-ə-DEE-əs (English)	Late Roman
Remedios	re-ME-dyos	Spanish
Gideon	GID-ee-ən (English)	Biblical, English, Hebrew
Zacharias	zak-ə-RIE-əs (English)	Biblical, Biblical Greek
Niketa	-	Indian, Marathi, Hindi
Ahoth	-	Biblical Latin