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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Proverbs 174. The proverb today is leave
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no stone unturned. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. If someone leaves no
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stone unturned, it means you should try every possibility in order to achieve
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one's goal. It implies looking for something in every possible place or in
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every way possible. You know, literally picking up every stone you can find
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searching under it looking everywhere you could possibly look to find what you
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need or what you're looking for. Okay. Let's continue. The origin of this
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proverb is derived from , remember it comes from derived from, an ancient Greek
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legend. As the legend has it. Remember that means like according to the legend
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as the legend has it there was a general Mardonius and he was believed to have a
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great treasure in his tent. Unfortunately, he was defeated in the
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Battle of Plataea in 477 BC , which probably means he died. His treasure was
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unable to be found Polycractes of Thebes went to an Oracle
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of Delphi for advice. Remember back in the ancient times, in ancient Greece, an
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oracle that's a person that they believed was able to communicate with
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the gods. So the gods have the information. So if you talk through the Oracle, the
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Oracle can you know, get communication with the gods and the gods can help you.
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So for advice. And the Oracle advised them to move every stone it was later
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translated as leave no stone unturned. So this is where the-- this proverb
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actually does come from. Okay. So let's continue. And we have three examples here.
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So the first example you know, the way we use it today.
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The lead investigator promised to leave no stone unturned in search for the
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suspect. Okay. So he'll search everywhere anywhere
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he can think of. Anywhere he can go. Any lead he could follow. He'll leave no stone
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unturned. All right. Number two. The opposing political party tried to dig up dirt on
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the president. They left no stone unturned. They searched everywhere.
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Anything they could possibly try to make stick on him, but still came up
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empty-handed. So they didn't come up with anything strong enough or powerful
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enough to to hurt him that bad. All right . Number three. He's sworn to leave
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no stone unturned in his quest to resolve this important issue. So these
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are just the way that you might hear this phrase used. Anyway I hope you got it.
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I hope it was clear. I hope it was informative. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.