Harvest of sayings

Moisson de dictons

Sommaire en Français avec quelques didtons français, à la fin

 In February 2012 I asked my Xanga friends to send me some sayings . I received about 140 sayings and I thanked the senders whom the user name is after every  saying 

 
At first I had to decipher the meaning of those English sayings . Not obvious for me ..Afterwards I made a attempt to classify them . But in using what criteriums . I had to make  a choice .
This entry is completely in English ( excepted this summary) since I received only English sayings.

This may be completed.

Appearance and realities. Words and acts.

a1  Beauty is only skin deep!    @ZSA MD

a2″Pretty dishes don’t guarantee a good meal.”  @Murisopsis

a3 beauty is as beauty does’.                          @spinner_mom

a4 Black eyes are liars, green eyes are traitors as mine are brown are prettierand honest”  @xXxlovelylollipop

a5 It’s not what you say that counts, it’s what you do. @priorities

a6 The eyes are the window to the soul. priorities

a7 Two peas in a pod.  priorities

a8 You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover  priorities

a9 You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.”   murisopsis a10 Actions speak louder than words”@Donnalou

Fauquet 2009

Feelings  f1  Cold hands, Warm heart                          @tempguestbrief

f2 “A joy, to be fully appreciated, has to be shared.”  @judyrutrider

f3 how about ” a wet nelly ”    @englishjuls (from Liverpool )

f4 I used to cry because I had no shoes, until I saw a man with no feet. priorities

f5 Sure as God made little green apples” priorities

f 6 Cry me a river, build a bridge and get over it (works when complaining).  @Thistlepatch

f7 Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining: priorities f8 Smile and the world smiles with you. Cry and you cry alone. @Josaju b9 “Laughter is the closest distance between two people” (Victor Borge); Donnalou

humour h1 Gardening requires lots of water, most of it in the form of perspiration.L Erickson @WildWomanOfTheWest

h2  Fool me once, shame on you.

Fool me twice, shame on me. priorities

h 3 it’s really 6 of one, half dozen of the other” @tumbling Dice

h4 once bitten, twice shy”. tumbling Dice

h5 Good night, sleep tight, and don’t let the bed bugs bite.  priorities

h6 If hopes and wishes were loaves and fishes, we’d never go hungry again.  priorities

h7 If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we’d all have a Merry Christmas. priorities

h8 Onions protect because people naturally keep their distance from you    p Philip

h9 don’t sweat the petty things, and don’t pet the sweaty things”! tumbling Dice h10″He who laughs last…..is slow to understand the joke”   tumbling_dice

2011

Life love

l1 You can’t get blood from a turnip.  priorities

l 2  live and let live”.                @Grannys_Place         Donnalou

l 3 Not by age, but by disposition, is wisdom acquired. @AgainstTheWind

l 4 Let go and let God”;  Donnalou

l 5 Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth.” @babs430

l 6 The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference  Donnalou

l 7 When you feel far from God — guess who moved”.   Donnalou

l 8 A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do.  AgainstTheWind1

l 9 As honest as the day is long.   priorities

l 10 Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.  priorities

l 11 He who laughs last, laughs best.  priorities

l 12 If some is good, more is better and too much is just enough. @Babs430

l 13 Large oaks from a little acorn grow; primrozie

l 14 One man’s junk is another man’s treasure. priorities

l 15 Smile, it makes everyone wonder what you’re up to. priorities

l 16 Still wet behind the ears.  priorities

l 17 The fruit does not fall far from the tree. carlo

l 18 When I was knee high to a grasshopper.  Priorities  @fwren

l 19 You have to break a few eggs to make an omelet .  priorities

l 20 You’re never too old to learn. Prioritiesl 21 We get too soon old and too late smart’.      mcberry

2011

Money , business  m1 A fool and his money are soon elected  priorities

m2 A fool and his money is soon coveted by others.                 PPhilip

m3 A penny saved is a penny earned.   Priorities          primrozie

m4 Never be a borrower,or lender.”    Riding Hood

m5 Penny wise, pound foolish.     priorities

m6  What?  do you think money grows on trees?    Thistlepatch m7 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush                       @mlbncsga m8  There’s no free ride             @Banyuls

Prudence      p1  Be careful what you wish for. You just might get priorities

p2 It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.”  (A. Lincoln);  Donnalou

p3 Trust God, but keep your eye on your donkey” (Middle Eastern proverb); Donnalou

p4 Better safe than sorry.  priorities

p5 ‘Caster ne’r clout till May’s out’ – don’t take off your vest until the end of May.   @lesley_redd

p6 Don’t build on the low side of the road    priorities

p7 It’s like walking on egg shells. prioritiesp8 Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. priorities

p9 Don’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket: priorities

p10 He who seeks revenge should remember to dig two graves. priorities

p11 If you can’t beat them, join them. Priorities p12 Look before you hasten to make light work in doubt on the road to hell. @Aloysus son

Time     t1  A watched pot never boils.  priorities

t2  one day at a time”           Grannys_Place

t3  This too shall pass.       @TheSunnyC   Grannys_ Place  @Thistlepatch

t4 The more things change, the more they stay the same.  priorities

Work

w1   “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.”              @lightnindan

w2  “Measure twice, cut once”                          @buddly 47

w3  If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”      @Iloveholiday

w4 “a stitch in time saves nine”. Primrozie  spinner mom

w5 “If you don’t have time to do it right the first time, how are you ever going to find time to do it over?”    buddly 47

w6 A stitch in time depends if the right thread and needle is handy.        P philip

w7 Let me get my ducks in a row.  priorities

w8 Make hay while the sun shines. priorities

w9 Measure twice, cut once. priorities

w10 Tracers work both ways.  @AgainstTheWind1

w11 Walk softly, but carry a big stick  @AgainstTheWind1

W12 Too many cooks spoil the broth; @primrozieW13 insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.”@Grannys_Place

Weather  wea1  Red sky in morning – sailor take warning.Red sky at night – sailor’s delight.  @guypithecus

wea2 It’s raining cats and dogs. priorities

Sommaire en Français:

 En Février 2012 j’ ai demandé à mes amis de Xanga de m’ envoyer des dictons .J’ai reçu environ 140 dictons et je remercie les expéditeurs dont le pseudonyme figure après chaque dicton que j’ai choisi 
Pour commencer j’ ai eu à en déchiffrer le sens . Pas évident pour moi.
En outre le langage est ici très spécial.
  Ensuite, j’ai fait une tentative de les classer. Mais avec quels crières ? J’ai dû faire un choix.

Cette entrée est entièrement en anglais (sauf le présent résumé) puisque je n’ ai reçu que des dictons anglais.
Mais mes lecteurs français peuvent m’ envoyer leur dictons pour compléter.En voici quelques un: Sil vous plaît, continuez

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