http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoAheadFireAway/drdnh/post.htm#251719Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:46:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:251719CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoAheadFireAway/drdnh/post.htm#251719http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-251719.xmlI have no idea. Maybe both the Chinese and the English versions come from Swahili! You'd have to do some research to find out -- if the answer is even knowable. The origin may be several thousand years back in the mists of time. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/GoAheadFireAway/drdnh/post.htm#251705Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:46:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:251705Maple1http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoAheadFireAway/drdnh/post.htm#251705http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-251705.xmlSo "Failure is the mother of success" is the translation of the well-known Chinese old saying "失败乃成功之母"。http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoAheadFireAway/drdnh/post.htm#251696Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:46:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:251696CalifJim2http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoAheadFireAway/drdnh/post.htm#251696http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-251696.xmlI'm only familiar with Necessity is the mother of invention. I've never heard the other one. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/GoAheadFireAway/drdnh/post.htm#251681Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:46:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:251681Maple3http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoAheadFireAway/drdnh/post.htm#251681http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-251681.xmlYes,"Failure is the mother of success" is a proverb, or an "old saying". I'm wondering if it's a Chinese saying has been translated into English or Vice Versahttp://www.englishforums.com/English/GoAheadFireAway/drdnh/post.htm#251671Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:46:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:251671Inchoateknowledge4http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoAheadFireAway/drdnh/post.htm#251671http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-251671.xmlStevenukd wrote: Dear Teachers, 1. A: Do you mind if I ask you a few questions? B: Go ahead buddy, anything. - Can I say "sure", "sure thing", "shoot", "fire away" instead of "Go ahead"? 2. Failure is the mother of success. - Is this a right expression? Thanks a bunch to Teachers, Stevenukd. go ahead and fire away are interchangeable. 'Failure is the mother of success' is a proverb.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoAheadFireAway/drdnh/post.htmFri, 27 Mar 2009 06:46:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:251658Stevenukd5http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoAheadFireAway/drdnh/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-251658.xmlDear Teachers, 1. A: Do you mind if I ask you a few questions? B: Go ahead buddy, anything. - Can I say "sure", "sure thing", "shoot", "fire away" instead of "Go ahead"? 2. Failure is the mother of success. - Is this a right expression? Thanks a bunch to Teachers, Stevenukd.