Some funny English proverbs

If people try to fix something after the problem has occurred, they are trying to close the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Read more at http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/close+the+stable+door+after+the+horse+has+bolted.html#FMsZjSEOYgxGOVzM.99

'You can't close the stable door after the horse has bolted' 

Closing the stable door is like trying to stop something bad happening when it has already happened and the situation cannot be changed.
-Buying a burglar alarm after the break in would be a bit like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.

'You can't make bricks without straw'

It means that you can't do something correctly without the necessary knowledge/materials. 

-It's no good trying to build a web page without knowing any html, you can't make bricks without straw.

 

'Art is long, life is short'

Life is too short to learn all the art in this world.

-She always complained of getting bored. I advised her to learn some music or painting. After all, Art is long, life is short. 

  

'As you make your bed, so you must lie in it'

It means that you have to suffer the consequences of what you have done.

-You were the one who chose the house windows because they were cheap. I told you they would be terrible. As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.

'Two wrongs don't make a right'

It is said to emphasize that when someone has done something bad to you, trying to get revenge will only make things worse.
-Jill: I'd really like to humiliate Fred, after he made fun of me in front of everyone at lunch. Jane: No Jill. Two wrongs don't make a right.

'A tiger doesn't lose sleep over the opinion of sheep' 

One doesn't have to be concerned about what thoughtless people think about them. In this proverb the sheep would be people who follow anything that is cool at the time, without thinking for themselves, whereas the tiger would represent a willful person -the tiger doesn't need the sheep's opinion at all. 
-When he took that decision, many people critizised him, but he didn't care. After all, a tiger doesn't lose sleep over the opinion of sheep.

If people try to fix something after the problem has occurred, they are trying to close the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Read more at http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/close+the+stable+door+after+the+horse+has+bolted.html#FMsZjSEOYgxGOVzM.99

If people try to fix something after the problem has occurred, they are trying to close the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Read more at http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/close+the+stable+door+after+the+horse+has+bolted.html#FMsZjSEOYgxGOVzM.99

My personal profile

Hello! Welcome to my blog. My name is Gabriela Rubio. I am sixteen and I live in Malaga (Spain). I study ‘1º de Bachillerato’ in ‘Las Esclavas del Sagrado Corazón’.

I like listening to music, going out with friends and reading. I am also keen on rollerblading and ice-skating –I can’t go ice-skating very often though. 

I play the piano, but I’ve just started to learn, so I don’t do it very well...  I hope I will improve. I love some classical music and I sometimes go to concerts with a friend.     

I have two brothers who are twenty and twenty-one. I get along very well with them, but we don’t have much time to talk. My eldest brother lives in Madrid and my other brother is always busy.  

This year I have chosen as optional subjects Maths, Physics and Technical Design. All my classmates seem to know well what they are going to do. However, I don't really know what I am going to study in the future – I just know that I would like to work for a charity or something like that. 

I’m not timid, but I don’t usually talk about my feelings or thoughts –so you can imagine how difficult it is for me to write this personal profile. I’m hard-working, but I am not really tidy. I think I'm friendly and open-minded.

I love ‘Semana Santa’ and going out to see the processions. I’m not obsessed with it, but I think it is very beautiful and I am already looking forward to it.