LUO ENGLISH and Ordinary English Go Head To Head
ORDINARY ENGLISH: People
who live in glass
houses should not throw
stones.
who live in glass
houses should not throw
stones.
LUO ENGLISH : Individuals
who make their abodes
in vitreous edifices would
be advised to refrain
from catapulting perilous
projectiles.
who make their abodes
in vitreous edifices would
be advised to refrain
from catapulting perilous
projectiles.
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ORDINARY ENGLISH:
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
LUO ENGLISH: Scintillate,
scintillate, asteroid
minim.
scintillate, asteroid
minim.
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ORDINARY ENGLISH: All
that glitters is not gold.
LUO ENGLISH: All articles
that coruscate with
resplendence are not truly
auriferous.
that coruscate with
resplendence are not truly
auriferous.
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ORDINARY ENGLISH:
Beggars are not choosers
LUO ENGLISH: Sorting on
the part of mendicants
must be interdicted.
the part of mendicants
must be interdicted.
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ORDINARY ENGLISH: Dead
men tell no tales
LUO ENGLISH: Male
cadavers are incapable of
rendering any testimony.
cadavers are incapable of
rendering any testimony.
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ORDINARY ENGLISH:
Beginner’s luck
LUO ENGLISH: Neophyte’s
serendipity.
serendipity.
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ORDINARY ENGLISH: A
rolling stone gathers no
moss
LUO ENGLISH: A revolving
lithic conglomerate
accumulates no congeries
of small, green,
biophytic plant.
lithic conglomerate
accumulates no congeries
of small, green,
biophytic plant.
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ORDINARY ENGLISH: Birds
of a feather flock
together
LUO ENGLISH: Members of
an avian species of
identical plumage tend to
congregate.
an avian species of
identical plumage tend to
congregate.
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ORDINARY ENGLISH: Beauty
is only skin deep
LUO ENGLISH: Pulchritude
possesses solely
cutaneous profundity.
possesses solely
cutaneous profundity.
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ORDINARY ENGLISH:
Cleanliness is godliness
LUO ENGLISH: Freedom
from incrustations of
grime is contiguous to
rectitude.
from incrustations of
grime is contiguous to
rectitude.
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ORDINARY ENGLISH:
There’s no use crying over
spilt milk
LUO ENGLISH: It is fruitless
to become lachrymose
of precipitately departed
lactile fluid.
to become lachrymose
of precipitately departed
lactile fluid.
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ORDINARY ENGLISH: You
can’t try to teach an old
dog new tricks
LUO ENGLISH: It is fruitless
to attempt to
indoctrinate a
superannuated canine with
innovative maneuvers.
to attempt to
indoctrinate a
superannuated canine with
innovative maneuvers.
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ORDINARY ENGLISH: Look
before you leap
before you leap
LUO ENGLISH: Surveillance
should precede
saltation.
should precede
saltation.
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ORDINARY ENGLISH: He
who laughs last, laughs
best
who laughs last, laughs
best
LUO ENGLISH: The person
presenting the ultimate
cachinnation possesses
thereby the optimal
cachinnation.
presenting the ultimate
cachinnation possesses
thereby the optimal
cachinnation.
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ORDINARY ENGLISH: All
work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy.
work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy.
LUO ENGLISH: Exclusive
dedication to necessitous
chores without interludes
of hedonistic diversion
renders Jack a
hebetudinous fellow.
dedication to necessitous
chores without interludes
of hedonistic diversion
renders Jack a
hebetudinous fellow.