Whenever I considered tossing the extra vegetables, my grandmother would remind me, 'waste not, want not.'

After the inspection, we realized the antique clock was not worth a plug nickel and decided to sell it for scrap.

I don't mean to be rude, not to put too fine a point on it, but your report omits several crucial facts.

When deciding who gets credit, I always remember: it is not the whistle that pulls the train.

In meetings he often reminds everyone that the whistle does not pull the train, meaning authority alone cannot make things move.

I could not hardly believe my eyes when I saw the northern lights.

As the old proverb says, it's not the whistle that pulls the train; true progress is achieved by steady effort, not by loud boasts.

She found an old map tucked behind a stack of tins at the what-not shop on Elm Street.

In programming, the not equal sign is used to check whether two values are different.

The second-hand laptop I bought is not much cop, but at least it turns on.