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Pretty fascinating to wonder what phrases are being developed now that will last for hundreds of years!
Thanks for sharing what you learned, Madeleine! Wonder with us again soon! We learned that the saying "make hay while the sun shines" means do something while you have the chance to do it. Thanks so much for sharing what you learned!
Hope to hear from you again soon! There is a new Wonder of the Day every day you can explore! Also, all the Wonders are archived in the Explore Wonders section. Living on a farm is a family business. Children learn how to farm so they can help, to take over the farm when they are grown, or to start their own.
This 11 year old boy was not driving the tractor on the road it was in the field someone else drove it home. A family member was walking beside the tractor. I am sure he practiced before the video. Children these days are mowing lawns on riding lawn mowers, riding on 4 wheelers, and hunting at age 10 and younger. As long as they are mature enough, trained, and watched while they are driving a tractor I dont see the problem. And everything can have high chance of injury but I think this video shows a family teaching an 11 year old boy the proper use of a tractor. Hello can I have the author name and date of publish of this article for my assignment.
Hey there, Brandon, thanks for asking!
It sounds like you've learned something new at Wonderopolis and we're so glad to hear it! You can quote Wonderopolis as the author and the date: What is your assignment about, Brandon?
The video was of a child driving a tractor. Extension Divisions often lecture the need for parents to be informed of this matter. With more information accidents can be avoided or prevented. Thanks so much for sharing this information with everyone in Wonderopolis! We appreciate your concern and willingness to post this comment! Thanks, that was very interesting reading. I've used the saying many times but never knew how it got started. Thanks so much for hanging out in Wonderopolis today and for leaving a comment! I never heard of that phrase either!
Surely, "Carpe Diem" but not the hay! I'm going to add you to my class' daily morning routine this fall!
We can't wait to meet new Wonder Friends when your class visits in the fall! I have never heard of that phrase before. Take advantage of favorable circumstances, as in Car sales have finally improved so we're making hay while the sun shines.
This expression alludes to optimum dry weather for cutting grass. If you make hay while the sun shines , you take advantage of a good situation which is not likely to last.
With house prices at an all-time high, both property developers are making hay while the sun shines. You've got to make hay while the sun shines — and it doesn't shine long in a sporting life. You can also just say that someone makes hay. The New Zealand media made hay with the issue. Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. Fog delays a group of travelers headed for New York. They wait at the V.
When Miss Marple reports witnessing a murder through the window of a passing train, the police dismiss her as a dotty spinster when no trace of the crime can be found. Henry Wrigley is happy writing stories for a children's' comic. Then he meets Miss Honey, who encourages him to go into minor crime. Charles and his second wife, Ruth, are haunted by the spirit of his first wife, Elvira.
Medium Madame Arcati tries to help things out by contacting the ghost.
A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists secretly. On the day of the test flight, one of the scientists dies in A shell-shocked WWII veteran with memory problems is accused of being an impostor by a former comrade. Sam Palmer is a cricket player who is playing the last Test match of his career.
His schoolboy son, Reggie, is a budding poet who disappoints Sam by not attending the penultimate day's play