Favorite "OLD SAYINGS"
05-21-2010, 05:37 PM
#31
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Originally Posted by 2wheelwoman
The saying - you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear means that you can't start with something poorly suited or inferior and expect to make it into something wonderful anyway. If you want a silk purse, you need to start with silk. (At least that's how I interpret the old saying)
"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It annoys the pig and frustrates you"
05-21-2010, 05:59 PM
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"You might as well say as think it"
"Pretty is as pretty does"
""Can't" never did anything"
"Step over dollars to pick up dimes" (about someone who is not wise with money, example, someone who drives 50 miles to save 2 cents a gallon on gas)
"Pretty is as pretty does"
""Can't" never did anything"
"Step over dollars to pick up dimes" (about someone who is not wise with money, example, someone who drives 50 miles to save 2 cents a gallon on gas)
05-21-2010, 06:04 PM
#36
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Location: Alabama
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My MIL would say "swat at a gnat and swallow a camel" meaning let little things bother you, but accept large difficulties.
My dad would say "every wheel gets peed on" meaning no one is exempt from trouble.
Mine is "this, too, shall pass" which has many applications.
My dad would say "every wheel gets peed on" meaning no one is exempt from trouble.
Mine is "this, too, shall pass" which has many applications.
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