There are many ways to give thanks for a church Harvest and Thanksgiving. One could simply say how thankful they are for everything they have been granted, for everyone who had been able to attend, the good health of their family and friends, and so much more. It is generally best to put some thought into it, and say the things that they are generally happy and grateful for.
"Well, that takes the cake", a response of dismay when someone has done something unworthy that you don't expect of them.
"You can't have your cake and eat it too", advice for someone who expects to have the whole benefit of something even after they used it, enjoyed it, or consumed it.
"They're selling like hotcakes!", simply means that something is selling far more quickly than excepted; sales are robust.
"Let them eat cake!", a response attributed to Marie Antoinette when advised that her people were starving and had no bread. It is used to deride a public official or other authority figure who appears indifferent to the needs of those who look to them for help.
"A piece of cake!", a response to a task assigned or description of a task completed that may seem extremely difficult, but not to the person saying it.
This comes from the book Edelweiss Pirates, Operation Einstein. It was written by young adult book author Mark A. Cooper.
The story of the Edelweiss Pirates is fiction but based on the real lives of the Edelweiss Pirates. They were German teenagers living during WW2. They refused to join the Hitler Youth, they spent there time playing pranks on the Hitler Youth and Nazi's. They also helped some German Jewish families.
The best way to answer this question is to put it into an every day example.......
Two guys (A and B) are at a bar and they both see a female celebrity with her girlfriends at the bar. Male A is too itimidated, shy and full of fear to go up to them. He fears rejection. Male B has the same feelings as male A but goes up to the group of girls anyways because he realizes that that his biggest fear (rejection) is not as important as the opportunity to hang out with that female celebrity and maybe even develop a relationship---- something much more important than the simple fear of getting rejected.
This is the best you got? How about on 9/11 when all the police, fire, ems personnel were running into the WTC when everyone else is running out? Or how about the soldier who tosses himself on a live grenade to save the lives of his fellow soldiers?
Martin Luther King said "I have a dream"
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Here are some links to educational websites which might help.
IDIOMS FOR IDIOTS
'You can't cry over spilled milk! '
my mother always said.
'Life's not a piece of cake! '
she hammered in my head.
'That's the way it goes,
' that's the way the cookie crumbles'
My mother saved her idioms
for all my idiotic troubles.
John Randal
The more it snows, tiddly pom
The more it goes, tiddly pom
The more it goes, tiddly pom
On snowing.
A.A. Milne
The construction goes on snowing is an idiom.
Steam Shovel is a poem by Charles Malam. To paraphrase the poem, it compares a dinosaur to a steam shovel.
Sally Ride was famous for being the first AMERICAN women in space, marring Steven Hawley which made the the first married astronauts, and for being the youngest astronaut in space.
First, the speech should be easily heard and understood -- pace that is neither slow nor too fast, loud enough without background echoes or other impediment. At times, accents can be difficult to listen to, but if the other features are managed, it isn't so bad. Second, I would say that the information the speaker is providing should be interesting and not just a repetition of a list or powerpoint. I think the best speakers I have ever heard have rehearsed their speech a few times before giving it, so that the language is appealing to the ear, not just in written form.
Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Science without humanity
Knowledge without character
Politics without principle
Commerce without morality
Worship without sacrifice."
― Mahatma Gandhi
Abraham Lincoln.
It is the State Opening of Parliament
Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address was given at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, PA on 19nov1863.