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Stevenukd Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

GO AHEAD = FIRE AWAY ?

Dear Teachers,

1. A: Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?

B: Go ahead buddy, anything.

- Can I say "sure", "sure thing", "shoot", "fire away" instead of "Go ahead"?

2. Failure is the mother of success.

- Is this a right expression?

Thanks a bunch to Teachers,

Stevenukd.
  

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Stevenukd Dear Teachers, 1. A: Do you mind if I ask you a few questions? B: Go ahead buddy, anything.

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  • Stevenukd Dear Teachers, 1.
  • A: Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?
  • B: Go ahead buddy, anything.
  • - Can I say "sure", "sure thing", "shoot", "fire away" instead of "Go ahead"?
  • 2.
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StevenukdDear Teachers,

1. A: Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?

B: Go ahead buddy, anything.

- Can I say "sure", "sure thing", "shoot", "fire away" instead of "Go ahead"?

2. Failure is the mother of success.

- Is this a right expression?

Thanks a bunch to Teachers,

Stevenukd.
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Yes,"Failure is the mother of success" is a proverb, or an "old saying".

I'm wondering if it's a Chinese saying has been translated into English or Vice Versa
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I'm only familiar with

Necessity is the mother of invention.

I've never heard the other one.

CJ
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So "Failure is the mother of success" is the translation of the well-known Chinese old saying "???????"?
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I have no idea. Maybe both the Chinese and the English versions come from Swahili! You'd have to do some research to find out -- if the answer is even knowable. The origin may be several thousand years back in the mists of time.

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