"The darker the night, the brighter the stars"
"I'll be there in two shakes (of a lamb's tail)"
"...colder than Greenland's icy mountains"
2007-07-24 13:06:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Keep you're hand on you're ha'penny
what goes around comes around
done up like a kipper
2007-07-24 13:27:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lol my aunty is terrible for getting sayings muddled up. My favourite one was 'you shouldn't throw bricks at people in glass houses'. I'm sure she was right, but I'm not sure why it was relevant to our conversation...
Apparently the gold ring on a sty actually works - my boyfriend used to get them and that's what his mum and his nan used to do.
I like to use 'reap what you sow'. I think that's so important in life, but too many people forget it. And 'do as you'd have done unto yourself'. Also very important, and I try to live my life that way. With the odd exception of course.
2007-07-25 09:12:02 · answer #2 · answered by tilly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well I'll be a monkey's uncle
coldern' a witches teat on a brass bra flying through a snow storm
slippery er than owl snot
faster than Clinton through a white house intern
seize the day. live for now
2007-07-24 20:31:31 · answer #3 · answered by voice_of_reason 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aesops fable of the sun and the wind betting who can make the man do what they want (take his coat off) the sun wins with kindness
2007-07-24 20:28:24 · answer #4 · answered by JOHN M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it used to be "Red sky at night shepherd's delight" but I don't see it these days but it *was* raining on St. Swithin's Day so make of that what you will
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2773214.ece
2007-07-24 21:29:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like to rework these and jokes into everyday experiences with small variations.
2007-07-24 21:06:40 · answer #6 · answered by international_bicycle_thief 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't marry a man that cant look you straight in the eye.
2007-07-24 20:13:56 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
knock on wood.
rub a gold wedding ring on a stye [in your eye] to stop it from getting worse.
regards
2007-07-24 20:10:36 · answer #8 · answered by candy g 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look after your pennies and the pounds will look after themselves
2007-07-25 03:10:21 · answer #9 · answered by Sue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
proverbs are real they are on the bible check it out shalom
2007-07-24 20:36:29 · answer #10 · answered by PAM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋