THE SALE OF THE EARTH and EARN/WIN YOUR SPURS

FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:

THE SALE OF THE EARTH and EARN/WIN YOUR SPURS

 

THE SALE OF THE EARTH:

 

Meaning:

 

If you say this, you are showing admiration for the honesty, reliability, loyalty, and reasonableness of a person, group, and/or community regarded as genuine, unpretentious, and morally sound; this phrase is typically complimentary - the most worthy of people, a very good or capable person - a person considered as embodying simplicity and moral integrity, most worthy part of society - an individual or group considered as representative of the best or noblest elements of society.

 

 

Example sentences:

 

They were such a lovely couple. They really were THE SALE OF THE EARTH.

 

He was the sort of person referred to as THE SALE OF THE EARTH; very friendly and straightforward.

 

It’s a community with a great sense of pride, full of THE SALE OF THE EARTH.

 

He’s THE SALE OF THE EARTH type with absolutely no pretensions.

 

Those folks are THE SALE OF THE EARTH.

 

We are forever thankful to the man that ran into the fire to save our youngest child. He is, without a doubt, THE SALE OF THE EARTH

 

It is stories like these that warm my heart and touch my soul. It is good to know there are some people out there who are still THE SALE OF THE EARTH.

 

Gopal is really THE SALE OF THE EARTH. He has neither lied to nor harmed anyone.

You should not have cheated a girl like Geeta who has always been THE SALE OF THE EARTH.

 

Our volunteers are some of the most caring and dedicated people I know. To me, they are THE SALE OF THE EARTH.

 

EARN/WIN YOUR SPURS:

 

Meaning:

 

To do something which shows that one deserves to be noticed, appreciated, and respected - to prove one's ability in a particular type of activity and gain one's first honors of other people  - to have shown that you are capable of doing something well and that you can be relied on to do it well in the future too - to prove one’s skill and/or talent in a particular area to earn attention, recognition, and respect - to become successful or famous - to achieve something that proves that you are skilled in a particular type of activity and to therefore win the respect of other people

 

Example sentences:

 

Jaishankar has just WON HIS FIRST SPURS in his political career with that great speech.

 

Being an actor, you should WIN YOUR SPURS through good movies, not scandals.

  

You will WIN YOUR SPURS as a teacher if you can control that toughest Class VI.

 

Kampelman had WON HIS SPURS as a U.S. negotiator at the Madrid Climate Change talks.  

 

Horse riding is not an easy job or task. A rider needs to EARN HIS SPURS before he can become popular in that activity.

 

Lakshmi is focusing on her first novel in order to EARN HER SPURS as a writer.

 

How did he EARN HIS SPURS for the toughest police job in the country?

 

No one actually knows how she EARNED HER SPURS in journalism.

 

 

Proverbs:

 

சோற்றுக்குக் கேடும் பூமிக்குப் பாரமுமாய் இருக்கிறான்.

He is a waste of rice, he is a burden to the earth.

 

வையத்தில் தெவிட்டாத பொருள் அன்னமும் தண்ணீரும்.

While on earth the things which do not cloy, are rice and water.

 

தலை இடியும் காய்ச்சலும் தனக்கு வந்தால் தெரியும்.

When overcome by them, one learns what headache and fever at.

 

 

(R.SAMPATH)

6/7/2023