Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls, and looks like work. From LearnThat.org. [Thomas Edison (1847-1931), American inventor and industrialist.]
Adverb, adjective : the overall length of the bridge. ,an overall impression; to view something overall. From Dictionary.com.
Mental multivitamin: I have friends in overalls. From Wordnik.com. ["I have friends in overalls...] Reference
The wind plastered their thin overalls against their bodies. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-Four] Reference
A few minutes later a bearded man in overalls and straw-hat appeared. From Wordnik.com. [The Mennonites: a Dutch heritage in Mexico] Reference
An absolutely enormous man in overalls came out of the shadows to meet us. From Wordnik.com. [I DEFINE LOVE AS THINKING WELL ABOUT SOMEONE] Reference
I miss my ratty old pair of demin overalls for just wearing around my apartment. From Wordnik.com. [Uz Questions] Reference
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. From Wordnik.com. [In The Inbox ..] Reference
After a very long wait two blokes in overalls turned up and stared at the water falling from above. From Wordnik.com. [You Heard It Here First (Bulbgate) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
For most Mexicans, the Mennonites are tall, light-skinned people, dressed in overalls, who produce their famous cheese. From Wordnik.com. [Immigrant cooking in Mexico: The Mennonite kitchens of Chihuahua] Reference
Another parcel, which contained a pair of what are commonly known as overalls, apparently new and unworn, was also discovered. From Wordnik.com. [Bucholz and the Detectives] Reference
Honestly now, do you think grown men in overalls driving very expensive cars at high speed round and round a track is a sport?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-03-01] Reference
For instance, a “farmhand” in overalls and a straw hat passed by on a unicycle, wanting to know whether I was going to the sack races. From Wordnik.com. [Land of Green Gables] Reference
My great-grandfather made the other girls wear skirts or dresses, but my grandmother was generally in overalls with a very short hair cut. From Wordnik.com. [House Dresses] Reference
Manning the Democratic Party table at the Arkansas State Fair, he calls out to men in overalls and cowboy hats, to women pushing strollers. From Wordnik.com. [As midterm nears, Democratic activist sees fewer friendly faces in Arkansas] Reference
(one button was missing from the throat), and in overalls!. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 12: The Bishop] Reference
The second object excavated from the overalls was a small packet addressed to me. From Wordnik.com. [In Search of the Unknown] Reference
In any event I assumed the man in the overalls was the engineer and he was the one who caught my attention. From Wordnik.com. [Santorini]
If you’re at the Lenz tasting room and see a guy in overalls with a long ponytail and beard, that’s Eric. From Wordnik.com. [From the Vine] Reference
"My overalls are my working-pants," he said, real meek-like, and his voice was trembling so I thought he was going to cry. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Cary "Frequently Martha"] Reference
I have friends in overalls. From Wordnik.com. ["I have friends in overalls...] Reference
A boy in overalls, a girl with a bow in her hair. From Wordnik.com. [Playground in the Fire] Reference
The long hair and overalls are gone -- but not their camaraderie. From Wordnik.com. [Barak's Special Forces] Reference
Also: What gives with all the Red Bull logos on everybody's overalls?. From Wordnik.com. [Sorry, Tony Robbins. Your 'Breakthrough' has a much bigger problem to fix.] Reference
She wore denim overalls, and black boots. From Wordnik.com. [A D O N I S] Reference
Farm Pork: The biggest welfare queens wear overalls and have hairy arms. From Wordnik.com. [The Anatomy Of Pork] Reference
Mr. Workman, a large man in blue overalls, was racing for the first time. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Tight, Kids: School Bus Races Rock County Fairs] Reference
In 1998 the statues were fitted with overalls to promote a clothing company. From Wordnik.com. [Statues Sell] Reference
But I think Donald Trump could win any competition if you put him in overalls. From Wordnik.com. [Newsmakers] Reference
A big man in overalls was standing nearby, moving some things around on a shelf. From Wordnik.com. [She Sank Into the Sand] Reference
My response to women being objectified used to be hiding my body, wearing overalls. From Wordnik.com. [ALANIS IS CLEANING HOUSE] Reference
He took a dirty handkerchief out of his overalls and wiped his forehead with it. From Wordnik.com. [THE TICK IS FULL] Reference
As a toddler, they dressed me in overalls and cut my hair in an androgynous bowl cut. From Wordnik.com. [My Name Is Jesse] Reference
As soon as I could speak, I demanded they replace my overalls with a long, pink, lacy dress. From Wordnik.com. [My Name Is Jesse] Reference
A man in bib overalls loads manure into a spreader up the way on the other side of the fence. From Wordnik.com. [Route 346] Reference
One of the men, in overalls, removes a floppy hat and tells me he's here to see about the yard. From Wordnik.com. [House] Reference
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