Old Sayings And Their Meanings Rediscover Forgotten Wisdom
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Published 2024-04-05
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"The days are long and the years are short."
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My grandfather used to say, "If we all liked the same things we'd all be chasing your grandmother around"
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You are only as good as your word, no matter whatever else you might have.
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My dad said "There are going to be days like this." He just forgot to tell me how many! ๐ฎ
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โUseless as t*ts on a boar hog.โ That was one of my Grandpaโs favorites. I have also used it a time or a hundred myself.
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When ever I would skin a knee or mash a finger, my grandpa would quote the family motto, โIf you are gonna be stupid, you gotta be toughโ
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...as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth was started because in the old days, looking at a horses teeth was the way to judge the age of a horse. So it was rude to look in its mouth if it was given to you.
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"Don't let the cat out of the bag" comes from the days of sail when standard punishment was the cat-o-nine tails. A whip kept in a black bag. Punishment's were carried out on deck as below deck there was "not enough room to swing a cat". " Never buy a pig in a poke" refers to the practice of putting a cat in a poke ( bag) and selling it as a piglet.
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My Dad...RIP...used a variation when he saw something that someone else had, and wished he had it instead: he'd either say, "If I had that (whatever) and he had a wooden leg, then we'd both have something." Or else it was, "If I had (whatever) and he had a feather up his nose, we'd both be tickled." I grew up in rural Oklahoma in the 50's. EVERYONE was always using comparisons, wit, similes, exaggerations, cut-downs, you name it. That was the easiest way to tell if someone wasn't "from around there."
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Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes! That way you'll be a mile away from him and.......you'll have his shoes!
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My dad always said your only as good as your word.
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Never look back or you'll plant a crooked row.
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Grandpa had a saying for every occasion. He came in for breakfast after chores one frigid morning and exclaimed "It's colder than a mother-in-law's kiss out there!" Another time, when I was frightened by two men loudly threatening one another, he told me not to worry, that "an empty wagon rattles loudest - same goes for people".
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G ma said Sitting isn't doing. G pa said, do it, do it right, do it right now, and for God's sake, don't tell me about it. ( wanting praise) l miss them both! โค๏ธ
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No matter where you go, there you are.
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My grandfathers saying: Wish in one hand and spit in the other, see which one fills up first.
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A month of Sundays; I heard that it means "I haven't seen you in a long time"
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My mum taught these old sayings but would always add a twist, i.e, the early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
