old sayings please add yours

[DigginThePast]

"Spare the rod and spoil the child."



Hmpf, and look where society is today.

 

[dogbeak]

My friend once told me,
If my dog had a face like yours,
I'd shave his a$$, and teach him to walk backwards!

 

[Burnt Chimney]

In talking about ugly , '' Boy if you was to enter a ugly contest they would kick you out for being a professional''

 

[garrettfan2]

Here are a few that come to mind. Enjoy.

crazy person: reckon their saw done hit a knot.
bad singer: sounds like a pine knot in a saw mill
bit dog barks first
dumber than a bag of barber hair
grinnin' like a stuffed possum
grinnin' like a butchers dog
making more noise than a heifer walking thru a dry thicket
tightwad: squeeze the nickel till the buffalo screams
blabbermouth: wore out three sets of lips
knock you flatter than a gander's arch
so cold it could freeze the nuts off a steel bridge
so skinny you can't hit them with a handful of corn
nip it in the bud
did it smell that bad when you ate it
garrettfan2

 

[Old Dog]

something my Pop was always ready to let us know when we were goofing off ...
"Even a mosquito doesn't get a slap on the back til he goes to work."

 

[Charmin]

I found a really old autograph book(1880's) at an estate sale that had some of the neatest old sayings in it---here's a few:
Life is like a crooked railroad,
And the engineer is brave,
Who can make life successful
From the cradle to the grave..

Sailing down the stream of life,
In your little bark canoe,
May you have a pleasant trip,
With just room enough for two.

Love many, Trust few, and always Paddle your own canoe!

 

[olegoat]

i'm gonna stomp a mud hole in your butt, then stomp it dry

you cant make a silk purse out of a sows ear

my nose itches, i smell peaches, someone's coming
with a hole in his britches

 

[AU24K]

Mom always said, "If wishes were horses, beggers would ride."
Pop always said, "Boy, if you can't go first class, don't go."

Scott

 

[Excavator]

Grandma used to say... "That man is crookeder than a dog's hind leg!"



I just found this:

 

[Mental Granny]

South paws are smarter!

 

[Unicorn]

Have an old Scottish saying.
"lang may yer lum reek"... translated means ..."Long may your chimney smoke"..... in other words may you never be out of fuel




U.

 

[Old Dog]

If you can't say something nice ...
don't say anything.

It's best to stay quiet and let everyone think you an idiot,
than to say something and convince them.

 

[BigDan]

Quite a few Mark Twain quotes!

So here are a few more:

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

Always do right, this will satisfy some people and astonish the rest.

Be careful of reading health books, you may die of a misprint.

It is easier to stay out than get out!

I'll stop there...but suggest if you like old sayings....here is a man who created many...he really trips my trigger!

BigDan

 

[AU24K]

Mom would say, "Rarer than hen's teeth."

Also, when I was younger and was hungry before dinner, I'd ask, When is dinner? How soon? What are we havin'?"
She'd say, "Stew with snake hips and chicken lips. With a side of owl SKAT!"
When she said "skat," I always thought that she was tired of the questions and meant "Scat!"

Scott

 

[AU24K]

South paws are smarter!

I'm a "lefty."

Scott

PS. Who else is a lefty?

 

[AU24K]

"All Ye, All Ye, in come Free!"----- (Alles, alles inkommen frei! *Personal etymology)

Otherwise known as; "Ollie, Ollie income free!"

On a warm summer night--just about dark...Remember?

Scott

 

[simonds]

You only go around once, get all the gusto that you can get

 

[truckinbutch]

The sun don't shine in the same dog's azz every day .

 

[Mental Granny]

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush or a good swift kick in the ...... (you can put your own adj. in )

 

[jimcor]

Mom used to tell me how to deal with unpleasant or rude people; "You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar."

[quote/]

My grandma, Nellie, and her sister, my Aunt Jean (her real name was Jane, but that's a long story.)used to say that and my dad would quote them. My mom would go thru the roof. Nellie and Jean were both on the cantankerous side and the old man in his younger days was real short in the temper department. I'd say the three of them should have took their own advice!