Phrases and their meaning

Admin wrote:As long as my problem is blonde...............

"sleep on a problem" , thee and me shouldn't be having thoughts like that Admin

“If the World was flooded, it wouldn’t matter to the duck” – Turkish proverb meaning things that are bad for you are not bad for everyone.

“Empty vessels make the most noise” - those with the least wisdom or knowledge are always the most talkative.

and they are called.......politicians.....so saith the LORD..............

Admin wrote:and they are called.......politicians.....so said saith the LORD..............

You are spot on Admin , empty empty headed vessels making the most bl**dy noise !!!!

“Slippery ground does not recognise a King” – Kenyan proverb meaning even the most powerful people are just human deep down.

“Needs must when the devil drives” - you must sometimes do things that you do not like doing.

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” - you can prevent a problem with little effort, fixing it later is harder.

“To be on the wagon” - abstaining from drinking any alcoholic drink, usually in the sense of having given it up as opposed to never having partaken, teetotal.

I heard a story, years ago, that jailers would transport a convicted man to the gallows on a wagon. They would stop for a pint on the way and someone would ask if the prisoner would like a drink. The jailers would reply, 'NO, he's on the wagon'..not sure if this true... but sounds good..........

Cheers, that’s an explanation I have heard before Admin, then there is the opposite of that, where the prisoner WAS allowed his last drink because he was “on the wagon”.

Another one is “on the water wagon” or “on the water cart”, referring to carts used to hose down dusty roads.
The suggestion is that a person who is “on the wagon” is drinking water rather than alcoholic beverages.

“Pulling an old cow out of the ditch”.
A Dutch saying meaning bringing up an old argument, presumably, the argument, like an old cow, should be just left there.

“Straighten the horns and kill the bull”.
A Japanese saying meaning ruining something up by insisting on correcting a minor flaw.

Never heard that one, Ray...very interesting stuff............. makes sense.........

Cheers Admin, it is a Japanese saying, hence its unfamiliarity, but in actual fact is doesn’t sound like something the Japanese would say because they are a precise, no nonsense, infallible race.

"A Japanese saying meaning ruining something up by insisting on correcting a minor flaw."

It actually sounds like something we would do in Britain.....sadly...................

Sadly, I totally agree with you Admin

“Pretend to be an Englishman” - a Serbian saying.
Pretend that you are innocent and have no idea what is going on.
The Serbs, it seems, have trust issues with the English.

“Steal someone’s thunder”.
This means to take credit for something someone else has done, or to use the ideas of someone else for your own advantage.

“Not my circus, not my monkeys”
A Polish saying - it's not my problem.

Lang may yer lum reek...........................

Borrowed from Scots lang may yer (or your) lum reek (expression of good wishes for one’s prosperity, literally “long may your chimney smoke”):

Admin wrote:Lang may yer lum reek...........................

Borrowed from Scots lang may yer (or your) lum reek (expression of good wishes for one’s prosperity, literally “long may your chimney smoke”):

Nice one Admin
Edinburgh in days gone by was called 'Auld Reekie' which I suppose is 'Old Smokie'.

“God gives nuts to the man with no teeth”.
An old Arabic saying that comments on the inherent irony of life, or maybe said of opportunities or pleasures which come too late to be enjoyed.

'A camel cannot see its own hump'
An old Arab saying that is the equivalent of a ‘pot calling a kettle black’, in other words, a hypocritical person.

Gee, Ray, ....some of these sayings, I have never heard before......Keep 'em coming, lad...............