When Maya's car broke down late at night and she couldn't afford the repairs, Jason proved that a friend in need is a friend indeed by paying for the tow and staying with her until help arrived.

An is-a indicates the inheritance relationship between a subclass and its superclass in object-oriented programming.

When she compared her life to his, she kept thinking the grass is always greener, even though neither of them was truly happy.

In etymology notes, the prefix is- indicates the variant of iso- used before a vowel.

After his friends abandoned him in trouble, his sister proved that blood is thicker than water by staying by his side.

They warned me not to touch the painted fence, but the forbidden fruit is the sweetest, so I climbed over it.

When she published the exposé, she proved that the pen is mightier than the sword, changing public opinion overnight.

Even though he contradicts himself constantly, remember that a stopped clock is right twice a day, so sometimes he's unexpectedly correct.

When deciding whether to accept the small freelance contract now or hold out for a bigger client, remember that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

My grandmother always said that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, so she taught me how to cook hearty meals.