to sow the wind and reap the whirlwind

  • 11whirlwind — noun 1》 a column of air moving rapidly round and round in a cylindrical or funnel shape. 2》 a very energetic or tumultuous person or process: a whirlwind of activity.     ↘[as modifier] very rapid and unexpected: a whirlwind romance. Phrases (sow …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 12Reap — may refer to: *Reap, to Harvest grain crops **Reaper, a horse drawn farm implement invented in 1831 and patented by Cyrus McCormick **Reaping hook, see Sickle *Grim Reaper (disambiguation) **Grim Reaper, see Death (personification) * Whatsoever a …

    Wikipedia

  • 13Whirlwind — may refer to: * An atmospheric phenomenon, see whirlwind (atmospheric phenomenon) * whirlwind, an ancient chinese siege weapon * Whirlwind , an episode in the World War Two documentary The World at War concerning the allied bombing of Germany.… …

    Wikipedia

  • 14sow — noun see a sow may whistle, though it has an ill mouth for it you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear verb see sow dry and set wet as you sow, so you reap they that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 15Failure — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Failure >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 failure failure Sgm: N 1 nonsuccess nonsuccess nonfulfillment Sgm: N 1 dead failure dead failure successlessness Sgm: N 1 abortion abortion miscarriage Sgm: N 1 b …

    English dictionary for students

  • 16Will Herberg — (1901 1977) was an American Jewish writer, intellectual and scholar. He was known as a social philosopher and sociologist of religion, as well as a Jewish theologian.He was brought up in a secular Jewish family in Manhattan, and became a… …

    Wikipedia

  • 17failure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Nonperformance Nouns 1. failure, unsuccessfulness, nonsuccess, nonfulfillment; dead failure, abortion, miscarriage, malfunction, outage; bankruptcy (see nonpayment); labor in vain; no go; inefficacy;… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 18Effect — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Constant sequent. < N PARAG:Effect >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 effect effect consequence Sgm: N 1 aftergrowth aftergrowth aftercome Sgm: N 1 derivative derivative derivation Sgm: N 1 result result …

    English dictionary for students

  • 19Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 20biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

    Universalium