old sayings

[conahy calling]

Have read the whole thread but at this stage find it hard to remember all the sayings already posted -hopefully Im not repeating any

• Two wrongs never made a right
  
  • Two is company, three is a crowd
    • What is only natural, is more than wonderful (on hearing that someone is having a baby)

[BevL]

Have these been before?
Mutton dressed up as lamb
She's no spring chicken.
Bev

[conahy calling]

• An apple a day keeps the doctor away
• The way to a mans heart is through his stomach
  • Practice makes perfect
  • No smoke without fire
       Burning the candle at both ends (trying to do too much at once)
  
  • Never look a gift horse in the mouth
  • Prevention is better than cure
    • Forgive and forget
    • Beggars cant be choosers
      • A friend in need is a friend indeed
      • The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat
        • God helps them that help themselves

[Meezer]

If wishes were horses then beggars would ride

[conahy calling]

Strike while the iron is hot

[Lazarus]

Heard this morning.
"I haven't got any money but my auntie had plies."

[MJW]

As with others, I've read all the posts but can't remember all the sayings - so hope I'm not repeating anything

Here are a few animal related ones I remember my parents using .......

- dressed up like a dog's dinner  (very smart)

- like a dog's breakfast  (when referring to a mess)

- has the cat got your tongue ?

- that's let the cat out of the bag

- who's "She" .... the cat's mother ??

- up at the crack of sparrows  (very early start)

A couple of others ...

- you can like it or lump it !!

- he looks like he tripped over a straw and a hen kicked him  (I'd never heard this but my wife says her Scottish mum used it)

Malcolm

[iluleah]

Not sure if this is an old saying or not.....it is just something I say

My get up and go has got up and gone!

[ann255]

Exactly how I feel this morning.!

My get up and go has got up and gone!