Find out which of your favorite axioms make sense and which are nonsense. "Ring true" (yes, genuine coins do have a different sound than counterfeits); "raining cats and dogs" (it has happened, during tornadoes); and hundreds more. "Blind as a bat"? Wrong -- bats not only get around by "sonar", they also see well both by night and by day. As for the smell of roses, scent varies widely among various breeds, and some hybrids have no scent at all.
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Find out which of your favorite axioms make sense and which are nonsense. "Ring true" (yes, genuine coins do have a different sound than counterfeits); "raining cats and dogs" (it has happened, during tornadoes); and hundreds more. "Blind as a bat"? Wrong -- bats not only get around by "sonar", they also see well both by night and by day. As for the smell of roses, scent varies widely among various breeds, and some hybrids have no scent at all.
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