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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" |
Your as right as rain hehe Andy was on the TV
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"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It annoys the pig and frustrates you"[/quote] I love that one :thumbup: :XD: |
To thine self, be true.
I also like the saying I saw on a T-shirt...I see dumb people :lol: :lol: :lol: |
"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) |
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. |
One my Mom used to say is: I am as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
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What part of "Y'all" don't you understand?
My favorite |
What I use to tell my children:
Your friends are your future. |
"Some peple would gripe if they were hung with a new rope."
"He who lies down with dogs will get fleas" |
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