Old Sayings and Superstitions.

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  • Dragonslayer
    Dragonslayer Online Community Member Posts: 2,177 Pioneering
    Do what I say, not what I do.
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    Fail to prepare
    prepare to fail 

  • Cher_Alumni
    Cher_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,714 Championing
    Put the big light on  :D
  • Chloe_Alumni
    Chloe_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 10,506 Championing
    Yess @Cher_Scope!  :D

    Cheap as chips!
  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,400 Championing
    leeCal said:
    Fail to prepare
    prepare to fail 

    That reminds me of a military one, I think it’s from the SAS

    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
  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,400 Championing
    Dragonslayer said:
    Or looking after your pennys and they will turn into pounds?

    Dragonslayer said:
    Look after your pennies and they will turn Into pounds.

    I always knew it as: look after the pennies, the pounds take care of themselves.

    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.
  • Parrot123
    Parrot123 Online Community Member Posts: 137 Empowering
    Ye can take a horse tae water but you canny make it drink.
    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.
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    edited September 2020
    Two wrongs don’t make a right

    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
  • Dragonslayer
    Dragonslayer Online Community Member Posts: 2,177 Pioneering
    66Mustang said:
    Dragonslayer said:
    Or looking after your pennys and they will turn into pounds?

    Dragonslayer said:
    Look after your pennies and they will turn Into pounds.

    I always knew it as: look after the pennies, the pounds take care of themselves.


    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.

    @66Mustang

    You are quite right about how sayings change. It rather like jokes change from person to person as they are spread around
    Some of the sayings I post may not be quite correct. It all comes down to how we remember them.

  • Parrot123
    Parrot123 Online Community Member Posts: 137 Empowering
    Parrot123 said:
    Ye can take a horse tae water but you canny make it drink.
    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.
    Whit are you greeting for? I'll give you something tae. Greet about.
    Is your da a glazier. Your standing in front of the TV.
  • Parrot123
    Parrot123 Online Community Member Posts: 137 Empowering
    Dragonslayer said:
    Anyone know if a black cat crosses your path it brings good luck? Or is it bad luck?

    We Scottish.say it's lucky
  • RAwarrior
    RAwarrior Online Community Member Posts: 425 Pioneering
    When I was your age.


  • RAwarrior
    RAwarrior Online Community Member Posts: 425 Pioneering
    @Parrot123

    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?
  • Parrot123
    Parrot123 Online Community Member Posts: 137 Empowering
    True sir
  • RAwarrior
    RAwarrior Online Community Member Posts: 425 Pioneering
    I’m not a sir?

    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?
  • Parrot123
    Parrot123 Online Community Member Posts: 137 Empowering
    Sorry lovely aye we call lassies hen. Don't ken where that comes far. Will x
  • RAwarrior
    RAwarrior Online Community Member Posts: 425 Pioneering
    @Parrot123
    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 ?


  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    What time do you call this!? ( meaning your late)
    (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)
  • RAwarrior
    RAwarrior Online Community Member Posts: 425 Pioneering
    A stitch in time saves nine.

    Not walking under a ladder.

    Not opening an umbrella inside.
  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 5,745 Championing
    If you can't do the time, don't do the crime!

    (Terrible advice for a kid who already had crippling anxiety haha!)

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