cerita lawak:Copot cari siput

http://isuhangat.blogspot.com/2009/11/copot-cari-ciput.html

CERITA YANG BEMULA DEGAN HURUF C
Copot cahabat ciput Catu cenje, ciput cite-cite came copot cambil cari cengkerik. ciput cuke cite-cite came copot cebab copot cahabat ciput.
Cemace ciput came copot cari cengkerik, ciput cakcikan catu cahye cerah.
cahye cerah ciput cakcikan cangat cerah campai ciput came copot cilau.
cahaye cerah cube culik copot. Ciput cangat cuak. ciput cepat-cepat camba copot cebelum cehaye cerah cempat culik copot.

copot cangat cuak came. ciput came copot cepat-cepat cari chelter cambil cepat-cepat cembunyi. ciput came copot cembunyi cenyap-cenyap cupaye cahaye cerah cucah cari ciput came copot. ciput cakap came copot, "chuuu... chuuu...cenyap... cenyap copot... ". copot cambung cakap, "copot cudah cenyap...ciput cenyap camelah... ". celepas cejam, cahaye cerah cudah chow cebab
cucah cari ciput cape copot.

ciput came copot cangat cuke cebab cahaye cerah cudah chow. copot cenyum cambil cakap, "copot cayang ciput cebab ciput celamatkan copot... ". ciput cenyum cambil chow came copot... Caja cuka cuka.


CECIAN, CIMA CACIH

seorang ayah dan sebatang galah

dipetik dari laman web:http://istimewa2u.blogspot.com/2008/11/puisi-seorang-ayah-dan-sebatang-galah.html. 


kau seperti biasa
setelah cerah tanah lewat silau menyimbah
sedang langit menguntum kuning
perut kau telah pun dialas

kerana kau punya satu tugas
yang sudah lama kau galas
demi zuriat kau yang berbelas

kau memang cekal dan lantang
jasad kau berperang
urat leher kau timbul, tegang dan mengerang
kau seperti memikul beban
tapi,
tapi wajahmu dibasahi air tenang

rasa seperti peri lelah kau terpercik
terpercik ke dalam anak mataku
namun kau tetap begitu
terpacak, terpaku dan menahan jasadmu
tubuh kau menapak dan menongkat
kadang helai-helai hijau itu terselak
silau cahaya bola besar
menikam tajam anak matamu
berpinar tapi kau tegar

kau dongak lagi
pedih sekejap.
tapi kau terus berjuang tanpa peduli
bahu kau pasang gagah
tangan kau genggam kemas
demi sesisip rezeki
demi perut-perut yang lapar

tiba-tiba seperti biasa
genggaman kau pecah
jari-jari tangan kau lemah
galah hinamu rebah
menyembah kalah
kau tidak sekali mengalah
kau bernafas dalam penat dan lelah
kini diri kau penuh lopak-lopak sejarah
sebati nan likat dalam daging dan darah
seorang ayah dan sebatang galah

ciri-ciri sahabat baik

1. Jika engkau berbakti kepadanya, dia akan melindungi kamu;
2. Jika engkau rapatkan persahabatan dengannya, dia akan membalas balik persahabatan kamu;
3. Jika engkau memerlu pertolongan daripadanya, dia akan membantu kamu;
4. Jika engkau menghulurkan sesuatu kebaikan kepadanya, dia akan menerimanya dengan baik;
5. Jika dia mendapat sesuatu kebajikan (bantuan) daripada kamu, dia akan menghargai atau menyebut kebaikan kamu;
6. Jika dia melihat sesuatu yang tidak baik daripada kamu, dia akan menutupnya;
7. Jika engkau meminta bantuan daripadanya, dia akan mengusahakannya;
8. Jika engkau berdiam diri (kerana malu hendak meminta), dia akan menanyakan kesusahan kamu;
9. Jika datang sesuatu bencana menimpa dirimu, dia akan meringankan kesusahan kamu;
10. Jika engkau berkata kepadanya, nescaya dia akan membenarkan kamu;
11. Jika engkau merancangkan sesuatu, nescaya dia akan membantu kamu;
12. Jika kamu berdua berselisih faham, nescaya dia lebih senang mengalah untuk menjaga kepentingan persahabatan;
13. Dia membantumu menunaikan tanggungjawab serta melarang melakukan perkara buruk dan maksiat;
14. Dia mendorongmu mencapai kejayaan di dunia dan akhirat.

Sebagai remaja yang terlepas daripada pandangan ayah ibu berhati-hatilah jika memilih kawan. Kerana kawan, kita bahagia tetapi kawan juga boleh menjahanamkan kita.

AWALAN MENG-

awalan meng-(apabila menerima kat dasar yang mempunyai satu suku kata)
awalan meng-akan menjadi menge-apabila menerima suku kata.
      CONTOH: cat-mengecat
                        bom-mengebom
      KECUALIAN:stor-menstor
                             brek-membrek

Huruf dalam bahasa melayu

Huruf vokal-a.e.i.o.u
huruf diftong-ai,au,oi 
Huruf konsonan selain huruf vokal
huruf konsonan gabungan-gh,kh,ng,sy

kata nafi

kata nafi:
       a)bukan=untuk fasa nama dan fasa sendi nama
       b)tidak=fasa kerja dan fasa adjektif.
contoh ayat: 
      bukan-budak kecil itu bukan adik saya.
      tidak-Amirah tidak sombong tetapi pemalu

kebersihan adalah asas kesihatan

 Kebersihan adalah asas kesihatan.Kita hendaklah menjaga kebersihan diri dan alam sekitar.Sekirannya kita menjaga kebersihan kita akan dipandang dan disenangi orang ramai.Kebersihan juga melambangkan diri seseorang.

tip menghafal al-quran

 tip ini diambil dari:http://istimewa2u.blogspot.com/2008/04/cara-menghafal-al-quran.html

a) Pertama,mulakan dengan bertaubat dengan sebenar-benar taubat kerana sesungguhnya dosa-dosatidak akan memberi ruang untuk ayat-ayat bertapak di hati manusia.Imam Al-Shafie di dalam satupetikan sajaknya yang terkenal mengadu kepada gurunya akan dirinya yang agak sukar untuk menghafal denganbaik.Gurunya lalu menasihatinya agar meninggalkan dan bertaubat akan segala dosa- dosanya. Quran

b) Mempunyai niat yang benar dan percaya akan balasan baik yang akan diperoleh seperti yang dinyatakan didalam hadis di atas.Mintalah bantuan Allah dengan seikhlas hati untuk sentiasa memudahkan kita menghafalayat-ayat suciNya.

c) Peruntukkan sebahagian waktu setiap hari (atau selang beberapa hari) untuk menghafal ayat-ayatQuran.Masa yang paling baik adalah pada waktu yang kita tidak sibuk dengan hal-hal lain.

d) Gunakan naskah yang sama setiap kali kita menghafal.Ini membantu minda kita menangkap dan mengingat apa yang terdapat pada helaian muka surat yang kita ingin hafal.(mind snapshot) Quran

e) Mulakan dengan surah-surah yang paling mudah bagi kita.Ramai yang menyarankan agar hafalan bermula dengan lima juzu' terakhir( bermula dengan juzu' 30,juzu' 29 dan seterusnya)

f) Hafalan juga boleh dimulakan dengan surah-surah yang paling kita gemar membacanya atau yang selalu kita dengar ataupun yang kita sudah biasa dan sudah pula ingat sebahagiannya.

g) Sebenarnya, lebih muda umur kita, lebih mudah untuk kita menghafalnya.Semakin kita berumur, kita akanlebih sibuk dengan pelbagai urusan dan kemampuan untuk mengingat juga semakin berkurangan. Walaubagaimanapun,walau berapa pun umur kita, kita masih belum terlambat sebenarnya,insya Allah. Walaupun kita tidak pernah menghafal ayat-ayat pada usia kecil atau pada masa usia remaja, namun kita masih lagi berpeluang menghafalnya jika kita mahu.

h) Setelah menghafal beberapa ayat, cubalah membacanya di dalam solat-solat sunat yang biasa kitalakukan.Selain itu,mintalah bantuan rakan-rakan ataupun pasangan kita untuk mendengar bacaan hafalan ayat-ayat itu .

i) Menghafal secara berkumpulan juga merupakan satu cara yang baik apatah lagi dengan sentiasa bersama-sama memberi galakan di antara satu sama lain.Sebagai ibu bapa pula,apa salahnya mewujudkan pertandingan di antara anak-anak dan memberi hadiah pada siapa yang berjaya menghafal dengan baik.

words

 pantun ini diambil dari laman 

http://istimewa2u.blogspot.com/2007/05/pantun-nasihat.htmlBerkubang di lubuk batu 
Berlengging dalam perahu
Orang bersubang dia begitu
Orang GAY dia tak tahu

Burung didik terbang di awan
Mudia belia menangkap ikan
Baik-baik bila berkawan
Akhlak mulia mesti diutamakan

Dalam lubuk banyak toman
Sekali bah mudik ke rawa
Ustaz sibuk menjual iman
Duduk menyembah menteri dewa

Batang beremban ditarik kuda
Kuda meringgit hendak makan
Burung terbang dipipiskan lada
Guruh dilangit tempayan dicurahkan

Menanggung dosa itu berat
Walau pun pada orang yang alim
Wajib manusia menutup aurat
Terutamanya pada wanita muslim

Hari raya hari yang berkat
Bermaaf-maafan sesama saudara
Hai maknusia bulatkan tekad
Perintah Allah laksanakan segera

Puasa itu satu perintah
Oleh Allah yang maha perkasa
Perintah itu jangan dibantah
Wajibnya itu pada yang berkuasa

Sehari sudah lesu berpuasa
Hidangan berbuka sudah tersedia
Jangan kamu membazir masa
Mulai beribadat semasa belia

Fitnah itu tiada ampunnya
Kerana dosa sesama manusia
Mulut celupar mudah luahnya
Janganlah dibuat kerja sia-sia

Label: pantun nasihat

post ini diambil dari http://polaris.canang.com/archives/89-Teka-Teki-Lawak-Giler-2.html..

Teka-teki: Hitam dan berpeluh.. Ha.. Aper2??
Jawapan: semut hitam tengah berjogging.. huhuhu

Teka-teki: Ape benda bila masuk segitiga bila kuar bergulung-gulung?
Jawapan: Seluar dalam ler.. haha

Teka-teki: Antara kapal terbang dengan kuih lepat liat, mana satu yang paling tinggi?
Jawapan: Kuih lepat liat la sebab kapal terbang sampai langit je, tapi kuih lepat sampai lelangit!

Teka-teki: Banyak2 kotak, kotak apa yang takleh angkat?
Jawapan: Kotak penalti lah.. wawawa!

post ini diambil dari: http://istimewa2u.blogspot.com/2007/05/pantun-internet.html 

Indahnya tukangan barangan antik Perak permata menghiasi kayu Klik sambungan paparan eletronik Bacalah kita pantun Melayu Sebidang kain alas berjamu Merah bata kainnya kasa Orang lain menambah ilmu Adakah kita hendak menambah dosa Menangkap belut dalam paya Panas berdering mata berpinar Ilmu banyak dialam Maya Patutkah kita berbuat onar

Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexive Pronouns - pronouns that are used when the actions of the verb refers back to the doer.

  myself, yourself, himself, ourselves, oneself, itself, herself, yourself


examples :
a) She did all her homewok herself.

Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexive Pronouns - pronouns thatbare used when the actions of the verb refers back to the doer.

  myself, yourself, himself, ourselves, oneself, itself, herself, yourself


examples :
a) She did all her homewok herself.

Homophones

A homophone is a word which has the same sound as another but is different in meaning.
 
air              heir
allowed      aloud
ate             eight
bad            bade
bail             bale
ball             bawl
bare            bear
bean           been
blue            blew
cell             sell
I                 eye
   

One Art by Elizabeth Bishop

The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster, Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn't hard to master. Then practice losing farther, losing faster: places, and names, and where it was you meant to travel. None of these will bring disaster. I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or next-to-last, of three beloved houses went. The art of losing isn't hard to master. I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster, some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent. I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster. -- Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident the art of losing's not too hard to master though it may look like (Write it!) a disaster.

A Poison Tree by William Blake

I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I watered it in fears, Night and morning with my tears; And I sunned it with smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles. And it grew both day and night, Till it bore an apple bright. And my foe beheld it shine. And he knew that it was mine, And into my garden stole When the night had veiled the pole; In the morning glad I see My foe outstretched beneath the tree

Invictus by William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds, and shall find, me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll. I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman

Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? 'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops. Weakened by my soulful cries. Does my haughtiness offend you? Don't you take it awful hard 'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin' in my own back yard. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise. Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.

Warning by Jenny Joseph

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells And run my stick along the public railings And make up for the sobriety of my youth. I shall go out in my slippers in the rain And pick flowers in other people's gardens And learn to spit. You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat And eat three pounds of sausages at a go Or only bread and pickle for a week And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes. But now we must have clothes that keep us dry And pay our rent and not swear in the street And set a good example for the children. We must have friends to dinner and read the papers. But maybe I ought to practice a little now? So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple

As I Grew Older by Langston Hughes

It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of me, Bright like a sun-- My dream. And then the wall rose, Rose slowly, Slowly, Between me and my dream. Rose until it touched the sky-- The wall. Shadow. I am black. I lie down in the shadow. No longer the light of my dream before me, Above me. Only the thick wall. Only the shadow. My hands! My dark hands! Break through the wall! Find my dream! Help me to shatter this darkness, To smash this night, To break this shadow Into a thousand lights of sun, Into a thousand whirling dreams Of sun!

If by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream---and not make dreams your master; If you can think---and not make thoughts your aim, If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same:. If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools; If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings, And never breathe a word about your loss: If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!" If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings---nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much: If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And---which is more---you'll be a Man, my son!

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear, Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I marked the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

The lesson by roger mcgough

Chaos ruled OK in the classroom
as bravely the teacher walked in
the nooligans ignored him
hid voice was lost in the din

"The theme for today is violence
and homework will be set
I'm going to teach you a lesson
one that you'll never forget"

He picked on a boy who was shouting
and throttled him then and there
then garrotted the girl behind him
(the one with grotty hair)

Then sword in hand he hacked his way
between the chattering rows
"First come, first severed" he declared
"fingers, feet or toes"

He threw the sword at a latecomer
it struck with deadly aim
then pulling out a shotgun
he continued with his game

The first blast cleared the backrow
(where those who skive hang out)
they collapsed like rubber dinghies
when the plug's pulled out

"Please may I leave the room sir?"
a trembling vandal enquired
"Of course you may" said teacher
put the gun to his temple and fired

The Head popped a head round the doorway
to see why a din was being made
nodded understandingly
then tossed in a grenade

And when the ammo was well spent
with blood on every chair
Silence shuffled forward
with its hands up in the air

The teacher surveyed the carnage
the dying and the dead
He waggled a finger severely
"Now let that be a lesson" he said 

Alone by Edgar Allan Poe

From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.
Then- in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life was drawn
From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still:
From the torrent, or the fountain,
From the red cliff of the mountain,
From the sun that round me rolled
In its autumn tint of gold,
From the lightning in the sky
As it passed me flying by,
From the thunder and the storm,
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view.

A dream Within A Dream by Allan Poe

Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow- You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream. I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand- How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep- while I weep! O God! can I not grasp Them with a tighter clasp? O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream?

poem-Fire and Ice

Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice

poem

the title of the poem that i want to share with you is If You Forget Me by Pablo Neruda




if I look 
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine. 

peribahasa menarik

saya nk kongsi peribahasa..

Bertangguh itu pencuri masa

Maksud: Melakukan kerja secara bertangguh akan merugikan diri.

peribahasa

saya nk kongsi peribahasa..

Seperti belut pulang ke lumpur

Maksud: Selepas pulang ke tempat asal, tidak mahu pergi lagi.

peribahasa

saya nak kongsi peribahasa..

Hati gajah sama dilapah, hati kuman sama dicecah
Maksud: banyak sama banyak, sedikit sama dikongsi

pantun

hai, saya nak berkongsi satu pantun bertajuk rinduku rindumu.

Bagai bulan di pagar bintang,
di waktu malam berseri-seri;
wajahmu tuan selalu terbayang,
terlalu rindu tidak terperi.

Terlalu rindu tidak terperi,
umpama menunggu kucing bertanduk;
biarlah rindu memakan diri,
walaupun bayanganmu inginku peluk.

Biarlah rindu memakan diriku,
kerna cintaku semakin utuh;
Adakah dirimu merindui diriku,
kerna asalku orang yang jauh.

Buah delima di atas buku,
anak sembilang di tapak tangan;
sungguhpun jauh di negeri satu,
hilang di mata, di hati jangan.

teka teki lawak

Saya ingin kongsi beberapa teka teki lawak...

apa benda bila masuk segitiga keluar bergulung-gulung?

JAWAPAN: seluar dalam

jilat-jilat bila dah basah baru cucuk, jilat-jilat bila dah basah baru cucuk

JAWAPAN: masukkan benang dalam lubang jarum

mana lagi tua, motosikal atau kereta?

JAWAPAN: motosikal sebab dia pakai tongkat

great similes

hello, i want to share with you some similes and the meanings..

as a balt as a coot
=completely bald

as big as a bus
=very big

as black as a sweep
=completely  black

as blind as a bat
=completely blind

as calm as a millpond
=very calm and still

as white as a ghost
=very pale and white in the face

as sound as a bell
=very clear

idiom and the meaning..

hello, i want to share with you some idioms and the meanings..

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush Meaning: having something that is certain is much better than taking a risk for                  more, because chances are might lose everything. A blessing in disguise Meaning: something good that isn't recognised at first. a chip on your shoulder Meaning:being upset for something that happened in the past. A dime a dozen Meaning: anything that is common and easy to get A doubting thomas Meaning:a skeptic who needs physical or personal evidence in order to believe    something