Old sayings?

1. I would guess this means you can't gain a full understanding of something just by looking at one little bit of it, like you can read about an amazing place, but you won't understand it unless you go and see it.

2. "What goes around comes around". If you leave a mess behind you, sooner or later you will end up having to deal with a mess.

3. No idea.

4. Again I'm guessing, but I would take this to be make sure you're know what you're getting into, but once in it you need to be prepared to compromise and turn a blind eye to the occasional annoyance.

5. No idea.

6. No idea.

 

Sorry I didn't notice this til after I'd had a go. What you say makes sense to me. I guess it might be saying that we judge people by our own standards. Someone who would never dream of stealing would often grant trust to others freely, whereas a thief will often distrust others.

 

Years ago when I was at uni I shared digs with a guy who always used to get jokes, sayings mixed up.
One evening i was trying to light the gas fire so i said "Have you got a match?"
Quick as a flash came the reply
"Yeah, my face, your a r s e!"..........Dooooh!

Despite the fact he was incredibly good looking he was very nervous and lacked confidence with girls.
At the student bar he was next to a girl he really fancied and was trying to pluck up courage to start up a conversation. He decided to go on an old corny stand by but it came out as .....
"Whats a girl like you doing in a nice place like this?"
The only thing he came home with that night was a big red welt on his cheek.

My mother used to get things mixed up and she was very naive about certain things. While I was at uni I was going off on fieldtrips and i needed a waterproof jacket, they were called cagoules.
So she went into an outdoor shop in Manchester and marched up to a young male shop assistant and said.
"Excuse me, but can you show me your goolies?" Lucky she wasn't arrested.

She also used to come out with sayings like
"Its too cold to snow"
?????? Tell that to the eskimos

 

(3) I would guess is that money (crown) is not he answer to all our problems (headaches)

And

the stones and eggs possibly refers to mixing delicate things (perhaps sensitive people) with hard things (perhaps tough people)

 

(5) eggs have no business dancing with stones?.


about messing with the mafia-I think at least.

 

Geoff, I choked on my readybrek :lollol:

 

OMFG!! :lollol::hehe::rotfl: i need the loo now! lol

oh just must tell u my canadian pals expression. if she's feeling mischievious, she says she's full of p*ss and vinegar

 

My mother used to come out with a lot of sayings. She didn't get them muddled up so to speak but I used to believe them! Doh.....:D

When us children would ask for something she would say "when my boat comes in" and for ages I used to think a boat would arrive bringing all sorts of goodies.
Another one was "I have a special eye on the back of my head" when we were puzzled as to how she always found out when we had been up to no good :D

 

Or like my Mum did-your tongue gets a red spot on it when you lie now open your mouth and let me see!