Published on 12, July, 2020
My head is a repository of all the old sayings my mum used when I was little and they stuck.
I only ever hear people my age (50+) using these now.
It's a shame if their use disappears completely.
I'd be curious to know whether any of the younger members of the forum know/use these.
Please share any you know.
There is a lot of wisdom in these.
A few that spring to mind immediately.
A stitch in time saves nine.
He who hesitates is lost.
Look before you leap.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Jack of all trades, master of none
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Out of the frying pan, into the fire
Youth is wasted on the young
Kill two birds with one stone.
A bad workman blames his tools
A fool and his money are soon parted
Honesty is the best policy
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Careless talk costs lives
Don't rob Peter to pay Paul
Not technically a proverb, more a saying. I've recently remembered it and it does rather amuse me and I need to get it out my system :
"I need that like I need a hole in the head"
Don't play with it you'll go blind
"In slow, out fast.
In fast, out feet first."
Old motorcyclist advice about how to take a corner...
You don't know you're born , sling your hook , stop acting the goat.
I will be extra careful next time I put my hand in front of a diesel engine's common rail injector during a test.
A favourite with parents was,
If you fall from that tree and break your legs, don’t come running to me!
' If you fall , don't stop to pick yourself up ' and ' I'll go through you like a dose of salts ' That's what my Grandfather used to say.
I imagine an Egyptian slave building the Pyramids would have disagreed. A life expectancy of weeks.
How about "hard work never hurt anyone"?
Could there be a more misleading statement for an activity that is so fraught with hazards and increased wear and tear on our precious little bodies?
You have found me out
She's probably one of em!
Yes, I can see that, it’s the reason cars use a pressurised cooling system, the higher the pressure, the higher the boiling point.
I did quite a lot of work on diesel engines, the common rail injectors run at 2,500 bar or 36,000 psi. You really don’t want your hand in front of one when they are being tested. The blood poisoning is quite horrific.
A watched pot at a pressure of three thousand atmospheres never boils isn't so quotable...
One I struggle with is, A watched pot never boils. Obviously it will boil the laws of physics dictates this will happen if enough heat is applied.
Thank you Debbie, I knew I could rely on you.
Out_of_step.... shame on you....what would Mary say !!
Red hat, not windows...
Yes as we can see, Debbie found it before I deleted it!!
He who laughs last, laughs longest. It should be, He who laughs last is most probably autistic! Sorry had to.
It was a version of 'fur coat, no knickers'.
My mum used to say that.
Interesting.
Thank you for that.