Old Sayings

[kcollins4]

About a buck-toothed woman.. "She could eat an apple through a picket fence!"

 

[doctorbongo]

a silly millimeter longer

(since this is posting 101 or so)

 

[usedto]

"I'd rather fight than switch"

 

[Wigwam Jones]

Ugly as home-made soap.

Dear Lord, give me chastity and self-restraint ... but not yet, O Lord, not yet! -Saint Augustine, A.D. 354-430

Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. - Will Rogers

"Women, dogs and walnut trees, the more you beat them, the better they be"

 

[sleddogman]

Not really a saying except I have made it one with my teenagers:

"Character is what you do when nobody is watching."

Terry

Hi Terry. That one sort of reminds me of these two real sayings:

"Character is what you are in the dark." -- Dwight D. Moody
"The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out." -- Thomas Macaulay


I've always been fond of collecting proverbs and sayings from around the world.
Here's a few of good Russian proverbs. Maybe 'll post some from Japan later.

- It is a brave or foolish dog that joins a fight between friends.
- Naivety can do more harm than thievery.
- The egg should not try to teach he hen.
- One man who's been flogged is worth two who haven't.
- Wolves live by using their own legs.
- What is on a sober man's mind is on a drunk man's tongue.
- What we have, we lose, when we lose, we weep.
- It is good to know the truth, but better to be happy.
- Do not judge a house by it's appearance but by the warmth of it's welcome.

and one that I thought was quite apropos here at AK...
- No matter how great the distance, one fisherman can spot another. :yes:

and a few choice general ones from various friends relatives over the years...
- Son, you're about as useful as a fifth teat on a cow.
- He took one look at that and didn't know whether to $hit or go blind.
- He's a few bricks short of a full load.
- When the f--king you're getting isn't worth the f--king you're getting, it's time to reassess the relationship. :scratch2:

Sorry if this was so much