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not all heroes wear capes

not all heroes wear capes proverb: real people are as capable of being heroic as fictional superheroes.

Proverb

not all heroes wear capes

  1. Real people are as capable of being heroic as fictional superheroes.
    • I don't believe that heroes are extraordinary people— I believe they are ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. This is a wonderful lesson for adults and children. Not all heroes wear capes!2004, Vickie Girard, There's No Place Like Hope, →ISBN, page 69
    • Everywhere they go, every step they take and no matter who they are with, the band's fans are beside them in spirit and in their hearts, making signs up with slogans such as "You're proof that not all heroes wear capes!" and turning up at venues where the band are recording, rehearsing, or...2014, One Direction Confidential, Barron's, →ISBN, page 58

Origin of not all heroes wear capes

From the tendency for superheroes to wear capes.

Questions about not all heroes wear capes

What does not all heroes wear capes mean?
Not all heroes wear capes means real people are as capable of being heroic as fictional superheroes.
What part of speech is not all heroes wear capes?
Not all heroes wear capes is a proverb.

Words near not all heroes wear capes in the dictionary

  1. not a sausage
  2. not a soul
  3. not a word
  4. not a word of a lie
  5. not again
  6. not all heroes wear capes
  7. not anymore
  8. not as black as one is painted
  9. not as green as one is cabbage-looking
  10. not at all
  11. not at home to

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