Sayings and there meanings

[fallen-archie]

Everyday conversations often include a saying or Idiom from old, sometimes the meaning is obvious others are less obvious:

Agree to Disagree:

Meaning

Set aside an irreconcilable difference in order to maintain a civil dialogue.

Axe to Grind

Meaning

To have a grievance with someone, especially where one feels the need to seek damaging retribution.

So does anyone have a favourite or obscure aying they would like to share?

[albannachjohn]

When you were young and misbehaved

"I will take my hand off your **bleep**"

meaning "I will rapidly apply my hand and it will hurt"   lol

[023mjc]

As a teenager my mum would tell me "you can walk into any ballroom, but you don't have to dance". Another favourite of hers was "if you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas".

In other words, behave yourself.

[**bustysinclaire**]

My Mum always told me.......

"Bad associations spoil useful habits"..................Oh how true, especially in these times we live in.

Incidentally, it is a scripture from the Bible.......1 corinthians 15:33

[**bustysinclaire**]

Lol,

As a child I could never grasp the saying,

"Sent him away with a flea in his ear"    When young we always took things litterally. haha

[upthecreekyetagain]

Probably one of the most misused saying is, "the exception that proves the rule"

Most fail to recognise that 'prove' in this instance means 'test' rather than supporting the truth of a 'rule'.

[*.*..lola..*.*]

My mum's always coming out with really obscure Scottish sayings that her mum used to say but for the life of me, I can't think of any at the moment.

I'm seeing her in a bit so if I remember, I'll ask her.

But.. to continue with the 'agree to disagree' theme in your OP, here's a few of my own favourite sayings to be going on with:

A quiet tongue shows a wise head

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist

A quarrel is like an itch; the more you scratch, the more it itches

It takes two to make a quarrel but only one to end it

[2017clearout]

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@023mjc wrote:

As a teenager my mum would tell me "you can walk into any ballroom, but you don't have to dance". Another favourite of hers was "if you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas".

In other words, behave yourself.

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Dogs and fleas was one of my mum's too, mjc: mainly when she disapproved of school friends who she considered "tarty"

Dad's  - you can't hunt with the hare and with the hounds.  (And, strangely, for a man with no previous known religious convictions: only one Man was perfect and He was crucified)  So - you can't have it bothways (and we all make mistakes)

[artful_dodgings]

Rat with a gold tooth = Someone who tries to add class to themselves, by adding bling, and wearing showy label attire. (i.e. Chavs).

And on a similar theme...

Sit a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the Devil = Said of a relatively poor person who suddenly becomes rich (by an inheritance / lottery win, etc)  and then adopts delusions of grandeur.

[jd.linklater]

Carrying a resentment around is not good for your health, it's like taking poison and hoping the other guy gets sick.

(One of the few truisms I heard in an AA meeting) 

[**bustysinclaire**]

A watched pot never boils.

Don't count your chickens before they have hatched.

[023mjc]

Barrack Obama had a good one when he was referring to whatshername from Alaska.

If you put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig.

But for every adage there is always the opposite too.

[astrologica]

My Mam used to say..'Get out of that mirror, you'll see the Devil in there one day'. I always wondered why she said that, and when I asked, she said that her Mam used to say that to discourage vain-ness, and that if you looked in the mirror long enough then you would see the Devil looking back at you.

Another thing I would like to mention...my Grandmother always referred to a Ladybird as a 'redicue'.....has anyone else on here ever heard that? Maybe it's a Welsh thing...I have looked it up but can't find any mention of it.

[twelvebore]

as much use as a cross-eyed mongoose.

Can't remember where it came from.

[cee-dee]

Never explain. Your friends don't need it and your enemies won't believe it anyway.

[joe_bloggs*]

A friend in need is a pain in the a**

Frank Sinatra

[marshallhouse]

'Don't pull that face.  If the wind changes you'll stay like it.'

[marshallhouse]

Mony (many) a mickle makes a muckle (Scottish I think), a similar meaning to 'look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves'.

[upthecreekyetagain]

Wise men make proverbs . . . . . fools repeat them

[*.*..lola..*.*]

Every ass loves to hear himself bray  

Is it just me, or does there seem to be some new faces on this thread yay!!