Question

Expand the given two ideas in about 80-100 words
(i) Cleanliness is Godliness
(ii) A stitch in time saves nine.

Answer 1

Hint: The expansion of an idea should have it’s appropriate meaning as they have a figurative meaning.

Complete step-by-step answer:

From the hint given to us, we know that the two ideas that have been given to us in the question have figurative meanings and not literal meanings. Thus, in order to expand them, we shall elaborate upon the figurative meanings of the respective ideas.
(i) Cleanliness is Godliness means that maintaining our souls and heart clean and pure, is next to being holy. In the phrase, cleanliness means being pure and devoid of any evil, that is, having no malice in heart, doing any bad actions, being hurtful to others, or having any bad thoughts. Godliness means being holy or being next to God. It promotes being spiritual and a good samaritan in order to be ‘clean’. It implies that a good-hearted human being is a holy person and next to God.
(ii) A stitch in time saves nine means that if you solve a problem or an issue immediately, it will save you more work later. It implies that a problem is small in the beginning and with time it grows bigger. Hence, to solve it immediately prevents the problem from growing bigger. Thus, saving us more work. Here, the ‘stitch’ means to fix a problem and ‘nine’ means a bigger problem.

Note: The ideas given to us are proverbs. We should know their figurative meanings in order to use them correctly in certain contexts.