Will you please tell one old saying that you know - of course, with its meaning?

Answer 1

My Grandfather always said "That's better than sliced bread"
I'm assuming because when he was younger, bread wasn't a manufactured item and didn't come sliced when it was first introduced-making it a convience item.
and
"Bold as Brass Tacks"-again I assume its because when brass is used it's color tends to stand out....thus making it bold.
Gotta love Grampa

Answer 2

Born with a silver spoon.

It originally meant that a child was born with good health, but it has now come to mean a child is born into wealth. The meaning stems from the fact that in days of old most people used spoons made from wood or toxic metals that were unsanitary and that eating utensils were the private property of individuals and were not shared. Silver has an amazing antibacterial quality so germs and virus's will not grow on it, therefore babies that used silver spoons were healthier than others. The Greeks and Romans used a silver coin in water barrels for the same reason. Even to this day you can buy collodial silver for improving your health.

Answer 3

“Give a child a hammer and everything becomes a nail."

This quotation comes from Abraham Kaplan's Law of the Instrument and it is often mistakenly attributed to Mark Twain. It is mentioned in Donne Colton et. al vs. New York Hospital in 1976.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 4

Loose lips sink ships:
Meaning,the more you talk,or gossip,the likelihood that it will come back to cause trouble.

There are more ways to skin a fox than choke him on buttermilk:
Meaning,there are more ways to do something than the way that you may know.
Many a slip between the cup and the lib:
Meaning,you can be so close and still mess up.

Answer 5

"He who goes to bed with an itchy bottom wakes up with a smelly finger"

What this means is that if you have a problem and you don't solve it and you keep procrastinating, the matters becomes worse. So its always better to sort out you problems before it gets out of hands.
Its an old west african saying, its funny but true

Answer 6

" Show a Leg ". Old naval saying. Time to get to work in the days when women were allowed to stay onboard ship. If a smooth shapely leg was hung over the hammock, it was female and she could lay in. If it was hairy, get out and "Turn To"

Answer 7

in the olden days long before i came a long there used to be a saying dont through the baby out with the bath water that was because all the family had a bath in the old tin bath in front of the fire and the baby was always the last to be done and the bath water would be that dirty by then you had to be careful not to through the baby out with all that dirty water i wouldnt fancy that would you

Answer 8

all going pear shaped!

Originates from the 1st world war when the army were training pilots to loop the loop. The pilots usually struggled and the loop ending up a pear shape, hence the saying!

Answer 9

My favourite saying, and my friends, is:
"Don't try and teach your grandmother to suck eggs"
Basically meaning, don't try and tell somebody what to do, when they already know how to do it.
I just like to imagine that there really were grandmothers back in the days that actually sucked eggs, and it was a regular thing, so much so, it became a phrase! Love it!
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Answer 10

Egging back o Doug's! meaning mind your own business (said when asked 'where have you been?') origin Grimsby docks in the 50s and 60s Dougs were ship repairers, the eggs seagulls!