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Old Sayings and Superstitions.
Dragonslayer
Member Posts: 892 Pioneering
Hi There
My old Mum had a 'Saying' for everything and one to suit every occasion.
For instance.
What the eye can't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.
Pick up a knife someone else drops to bring you good luck.
We may not be rich, but we do see life.
Given knifes, or scissors as a gift will cut friendship. ( To break that you had to give them a little money in return)
There are many, many more that at the moment escape me.
I'm sure you people out there can add many others?
My old Mum had a 'Saying' for everything and one to suit every occasion.
For instance.
What the eye can't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.
Pick up a knife someone else drops to bring you good luck.
We may not be rich, but we do see life.
Given knifes, or scissors as a gift will cut friendship. ( To break that you had to give them a little money in return)
There are many, many more that at the moment escape me.
I'm sure you people out there can add many others?
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Are you reading that newspaper you're sat on?
You will sit there until you've eaten all your tea.
Wait til your father gets home.
(one of my mums favourite sayings)
That's Water under the bridge. ( Not sure if that's exactly correct )
But I always think, but it still comes out the other side.
all day long you’ll have good luck...touch wood 🙃
(supposed to be heads up when you see it)
I know I shouldn’t to laugh but you have really cheered me up with the “wait till your father gets home” comment because I heard that so many times as a child 😁
Money doesn’t grow on trees.
Do you think I am made of money?
Act as in haste, repent at leisure.
I don’t follow the Jones’
You made your bed, now you lay in it.
Anyone know how the one goes about turning the money in your pocket when there's a full moon?
Or looking after your pennys and they will turn into pounds?
If you pull that face, your face will stay like that.
What time do you call this?
Q Whats for tea mum
A Bread and Jam
Waste not want not
If you dont eat all your veg you cant have any pudding
Eat your crusts you will get curly hair, eat your carrots so you can see at night
Shut that door you were not born in a barn
Just a few I remember
Time and time wait for no man
You can't make a cake without breaking eggs
No use crying over spilt milk
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Just a few more I remember.
If you put lipstick on a pig, it’s still a pig - if you have an item that’s not very good, it doesn’t matter how much you try to polish it or make it look nice
You were born with two ears and only one mouth for a reason - speaks for itself - you should listen more than you speak
monkey see monkey do
one swallow does not a summer make
its bad bad luck to open an umbrella indoors.
also bad luck to hang a horseshoe upside down as all the luck runs out of it.
bad luck again to place shoes on a table or a hat on your bed.
Good luck to find a four leafed clover.
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Every dark cloud has a silver lining
Say rabbit's on the first day of every month that has a 'R' in it before talking to anyone to bring good luck.
After the horse has bolted.
many a mickle makes a muckle
each drop of water wears away the stone.
dont cast a clout TIL May is out.
Daft as a boat hoss
Daft as a brush
Calls a spade a spade
The kettle calling the pot black
What goes around comes around.
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prepare to fail
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Cheap as chips!
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The 5 Ps - Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance
I believe it is actually the 6 Ps but the 6th word is rude.
Also another military one I like, it was used as early as WW2 I believe
FUBAR - F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition
Yours could well be the correct one though. I guess the beauty of these sayings is that they evolve and maybe are slightly different in different areas.
Take that Ben the kitchen.
We all came into this world with nothing. And we will all leave with nothing.
Look at the state of you.
theres many a slip twixt spoon and lip (meaning don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched)
If it quacks and it waddles it’s a duck
Is your da a glazier. Your standing in front of the TV.
Do you know the Scottish expression “I mind that”?
My Scottish friend says it a lot and it has a different meaning to something that bothers you. My friend says it when they mean that they remember something😁
However, I know a lot of Scottish words. My friend used to call me “hen” and someone else thought they were actually calling me a hen🤣
No apology needed and he actually calls me lass now anyway which I don’t mind😁
I know that “I dunnie ken” means you don’t know 👍
(I had a boss say that to me one day and I said “I call this early for tomorrow as I wasn’t coming in today.” He was confused...)
a watched pot never boils.
two heads are better than one (maybe invented by Martians)
Not walking under a ladder.
Not opening an umbrella inside.
(Terrible advice for a kid who already had crippling anxiety haha!)
'You're older, you should know better!' (While your younger sibling gets away with murder...)
'The best things in life are free' (I think this one refers to wifi hotspots.
“if you can’t do the time don’t buy a watch.”
An Apple a day keeps the Doctor away (especially if your aim is good!)
There is no such thing as friendly fire.
If the enemy is in range, then so are you.
(another of mums favourites!)
thunder is just the angels moving the furniture.
( means it will rain within 24hrs of a mackerel sky)
I think there are many other versions of this?
Not even sure I have it correcf?
theres a superstition that if you spill salt you should pinch a piece of it and throw it over your shoulder, check behind you first I advise.
good or bad bad luck happens in threes.
an itchy foot means you’ll be travelling soon.
Not enough room to swing a cat in here!
Wouldn't touch that with a barge pole!
The grass is always greener on the other side
In for a penny in for a pound.
time and tide wait for no ... person
theres no time like the present
a stitch in time saves nine
Truth will out
oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive.
Or what some people say....... Give up. 😁
(Doesn't apply to viruses!
I like that. Reminds me of
What goes up must come down. 😄
cats have nine lives