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When frustrated, my momma would say..."well, if that don't beat a rooster pecking with a wooden pecker".
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You'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar.
Darker than the inside of Nick's hatband. (I haven't a clue who Nick was or how they knew what the inside of his hatband looked like!!) |
We had a math teacher (an old bachelor) who had a million of them. One of his favorites was Colder than a mother-in-law's love. Don't know how he knew that!!
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Don't wrestle with a pig, you'll both get dirty and the pig likes it!
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a fast swipe is better then no swipe at all ( about cleaning house)
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Originally Posted by quiltinghere
Someone posted the old saying "If you don't have anything nice to say - say nothing". I replied that some old sayings are still pertinent today.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE OLD SAYING? An old favorite of mine to say is "Don't cut off your nose to spite your face". People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones! |
My favorite is no one will notice it riding by on a horse. My dad used to say cant never did anything and I whupped oold couldnt til he could. lol
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Having lived all over the US I have heard most of these but there is a saying up here I had never heard before, "It is what it is." Even the weather lady said it on tv.
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Originally Posted by Up North
Don't put the cart before the horse.
My daughter uses this to describe her brother: Not the brightest crayon in the box. |
no offense to anyone....
"That woman is so ugly she would make a freight train take a dirt road" "ain't the sharpest tool in the shed" ...that's all for now... |
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