Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Please provide some examples of proverbs, quips, catch phrases, punch lines having a similar structure i.e. A B C D C' B' A'.
A', B', C' are grammatical alterations of (or exactly equal to) A, B, C.
D stands for one of the (and, but, while ) or (comma, hyphen, empty space)
You can take the boy out of the country but you can't take the country out of the boy.
(There are many like this.)
Or
Are you working hardly or hardly working?
How about the non-rhyming limerick:
There once was a baker from Slough
whose bread was incredibly tough
"Perhaps it's the bread
that I ought to knead,
instead of needing the dough"
Edited on October 4, 2023, 3:58 am
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