Where is the expression "tried and found wanting" mean?
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I think you are referring to a portion of Daniel 5 in the Bible. This is the source of the expression "seeing the handwriting on the wall".  The hand of God wrote "Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin" on the wall at a banquet being held by King Belshazzar at which he is using the sacred gold vessels taken from the temple in Jerusalem from which to drink wine. "Tekel" is interpreted by Daniel to mean "Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting". This was God's judgment upon Belshazzar whose kingdom was taken from him by the Medes and the Persians.
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Well confucious say you can't always get what you want.\n\nbut if you ask nicely......\nnah still NO
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What about having some fun and inscribing something like this on it...\n\n"If found, please return to <<your name>>."\nOR\n"If found, please return to my loving owner <<your name>>."
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It means, no matter how hard I try nothing seems to work out. It's how a man feels in a marriage. He knows no matter what he does it'll be wrong. =)\n.\nApparently someone didn't like my wife comment. Thanks for the negative vote. No biggie. \nHere's a link to where it originated and what it means.
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Have you tried the search, and if you have, what do you want that you can't get from the search
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To wish to have one's cake and eat it too (sometimes eat one's cake and have it too) is to want more than one can handle or deserve, or to try to have two incompatible things. This is a popular English idiomatic proverb, or figure of speech.
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searching in wrong place?
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Oh, it's wanted. Some want it, and won't stop looking until they find it. The people who do want these values always seem to be overlooked. There are guys out there who want what you want, just have to know where to find them!! =)
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To put it quite simply... Would you be willing to die for someone you "wanted" ?  I have never met anyone who "wanted" someone enough to put their own life ahead of the person desired.\nLove means you are at least willing to do so.
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It's really quite simple. In a buyer's market where there are multiple goods on sale from a variety of retailers then you could wander around until you found the article that you want at the cheapest price or even barter if retailers are desperate for business due to competition.\n\nHowever the saying is not derived from this. It's a reference to the choices you make in life and the consequences of those choices. Thus making the choice is your decision provided that you accept, when making that choice, that there may be repercussions at some future time from taking that path.\n\nAn example could be deciding to drop out of college to take a job as, say, a shop assistant. In the short term you may think that it's a good choice because you suddenly have money to spend and, to your friends, an increase in status due to you working rather than going to college. However some way down the line when they have all graduated and got better jobs than you it becomes apparent that you may have made a wrong decision since they will now earn more than you and have a higher status. If there is no way back it could be said that 'you paid your money and took your choice' with unfortunate results.
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It all goes back to the old and oh so true saying. You always want what you can't have. I think on some level that we tend to go after what we cannot have. Even if at the surface we think we can have it, we know deep inside that we cannot. But that is usually for the best. In most cases, when you finally get what you want that you cannot have, it turns out you don't really want it, people included.
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Aren't we all trying to do this?  Which means, we're all trying to do the SAME thing... which means, if you want to create something different, then DON'T want to create something different - and that will be different, dig?\n\nLike, whoa!
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ELUSIVE-\n*sorry jus needed the points!
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I was thinking about the same thing the other day. It's funny how we hear phrases so much we know what they mean, but sometimes don't stop to think about it literally. I think it means to take something as if it will always be granted to you, as if you won't have to work hard for it in the future.
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Yes, I have heard the expression. The meaning behind this is that if a man asks you out with little notice and you accept it appears you are available to him, without other plans or possibly options. It is rather silly though and I wouldn't follow this advice or the man you crave will just ask another girl that is more available!
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It means that its not able to be satisfied.\n\nMy sister has an insatiable apetite. No matter how much she eats, she wants more.
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"Never Settle for less but, remember... having more is not always important"\n\nAuthor : ME