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Ever heard an old saying and wondered where it came from? These old sayings tickle the ears with a twist of the tongue!
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Have you ever wondered what makes old sayings so popular today
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I think the reason is because old sayings communicate and understood an acceptable message
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in a few well-worn and well-known words. I think people love quotes and old sayings because it describes things so perfectly in
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a string of words. It speaks about people feeling through the arrangement of words that they're not capable
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of producing. Quotes represent everything that people want to say but don't know how
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A bad penny comes home simply means anything evil will come back to the man who sent it out
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Similar to a bad penny always turns up, which means a dishonorable person will always return
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More generally, this proverb refers to the recurrence of an unwanted event
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This saying has lived long in the language of men. It derives from the notion that some coins were bad, that is, they were debased or counterfeited
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A bad motive makes a good action bad. What appeared good enough in itself has even been polluted by the motive
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It might be good to kiss the Lord Jesus, but Judas' motive made his kiss a crime
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A bad reaper blames the sickle. Every bad workman finds fault with his tools
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The Chinese say all unskillful fools quarrel with their tools. You may have much and little, where others have little and much
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It means a man's life consists not in what he possesses. Fitness and content are all important
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A little hearth best fits a little fire. A little chapel fits a little choir
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My little bell best fits my little spire. Waking up on the wrong side of the bed has come to mean starting the day in a bad temper
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Throughout history, the left side of basically anything was considered to be the evil side
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So waking up on the left side was also considered a sign of bad luck
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To ward off evil, house owners would push the left sides of the bed to the corner so
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their guests would have no other option than to get up on the right side of the bed
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Upon an egg, the hen lays an egg. This saying means to him that hath shall be given
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Get a nest egg and more will come. The difficulty of saving lies in the first $100 in your bank account
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Quick believers need broad shoulders. This means to support the burden of all which they accept as gospel
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It means they need broad shoulders. One bad apple spoils the whole barrel
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This means one bad influence affects others more than the influence of 100 good
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This is a familiar one in the old sayings that warns about the contagiousness and the
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nature of negativity or bad influences. In farming, a rotten apple can release gases that cause nearby apples to spoil faster
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Similarly, one negative or toxic individual in your life can harm a group in social or
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professional settings. It underscores the importance of surrounding oneself with positive influences
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Make hay while the sun shines simply means do the job while you have the time and the opportunity
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If a farmer waits to cut his hay and the rain comes, this could ruin his crop or prevent
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him from getting the perfect harvest. Less said, sooner mended. This saying means keeping your tongue often gives way for time to heal
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Another of Ma Ingalls old sayings is that if you find yourself in a messy situation
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you can cause more heartache and harm if you keep it stirred up, let alone and it will
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die a natural death. Kicking the bucket simply means to die
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This comes from when cows at a slaughterhouse were put down. People would place a bucket under the animal while it was positioned on a pulley
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While trying to adjust the animal, the cow would kick out its legs and therefore kick
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the bucket before being put down. Don't trust a man that sweats in the winter
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I don't know the origin of this old saying, but it simply means a man who is always worried
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when he seems to have no cause to be, is full of inward trouble and guilt
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If you're late with one chore, you'll be late in a lot more
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It means being late to do one task makes you late all day
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My papa said a similar thing when I was growing up. He hated being late for anything
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We were often two hours early for church. With the unexpected happening all the time on the homestead, it's easier to adapt throughout
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the day if the necessary morning chores are done on time. I've learned that if I let the chickens out late, then I'm going to be late getting to
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the barn. Which means I'm late milking, which means I'm late everywhere
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He who pays the piper calls the tune. When someone is footing the bill, whether for a project, a gathering, or any other occasion
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they call the shots. It's like they hold the reins and everyone else has to fall in line
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This saying illuminates the sway that money holds. It reminds us that when someone is the one paying, they've earned a say in how things
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are run and where the funds flow. It's a blunt reminder that whoever holds the purse strings holds the power when it comes
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to money. The saying extend the olive branch surely comes from the bible, where Noah's dove returned
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to the ark. It simply means to make peace when there was no peace
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Every cloud has a silver lining. Negative occurrences may have a positive aspect to it
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This expression can be traced from a piece written in 1634 by English poet John Milton
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called A Mask Presented at Lodo Castle. He spoke of a silver lining of brightness behind a gloomy cloud, and soon afterwards
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Milton's clouds became a staple of English literature. The proverb every cloud has a silver lining eventually came into being in the 1800s, a
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time of positivity in the upper classes of Victorian England. Similarly, silver represents redemption
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Don't do a rain dance if you don't see clouds. Simply means others will know you by your actions
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Don't promise what you can't deliver. Say what you mean and mean what you say
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Often I'm reminded of a bible verse, Proverbs 25 14, who so boasted himself of a false gift
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is like clouds and wind without rain. Drive one plow at a time
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Turn all your strength in one direction. Divided energies threaten failure. One thing I do is a good motto in life
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Don't send a cat to fetch milk. It's a reminder that the employment of dishonest persons in money matters is very dangerous
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Don't fret yourself lean because another man is fat. Envy is apt to do this, and there is plenty of it in the world
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Should we not all rejoice if others are more happy than ourselves
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Pity in most cases would be more fitting than envy. If every man's internal care were written on his brow, how many would our pity share
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who raise our envy now? Don't fly higher than you can roost
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It's a reminder that it's unwise to begin a style of living that you cannot keep up
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It's unwise to display a high degree of ability first and then decline because you cannot
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do so well as a general rule. Do you have an old saying that you just love that with the twist of a tongue can tickle
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the ears and warm the heart? Comment below your favorite saying
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