Modern expressions in old English

[SuperjazzyJa]

I thought it would be fun to imagine how expressions would sound in old English.

It is what it is: It doth be what it doth be.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink: Thou ist able to bringeth thy horse to water, however thou ist not able to maketh it drink.

What dost thou have?

 

[Shominy]

Doth unto others as thou would hast 'em doth unto thou.

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

However, when the end of the day draweth near....

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

Thou ist not able to draw blood from a stone.

 

[Hyperion]

The passing of the hours shall severely woundeth all ne're-do-wells.

('Time wounds all heels', from the original: 'Time heals all wounds' )