On a topical note, "Money is the root of all evil" should be "Love of money is the root of all evil."
Also, not a proverb, but it bugs me when people say they could "care less" when they mean they "couldn't care less" ... or maybe they're just careless ...
"Close, but no cigar." I mean c'mon, who gives out cigars anymore???
Then again, I don't smoke 'em so for all intensive purposes, I could care less. <-- ooh, that was killing two birds for the price of one!
Here's an amusing one I heard from a drunk Navy buddy some years back: "It's a doggy dog world, dude." It almost sounded right, but I asked him to repeat and explain it and then all I remember is falling off the barstool laughing.
"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again"
Each of the statements below is actually a well-known saying. How many can you return to their original state?
1. Scintillate, scintillate asteroid minific.
2. Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate.
3. Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.
4. Surveillance should precede saltation.
5. It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipitately departed lacteal fluid.
6. Freedom from incrustation of grime is contiguous to rectitude.
7. The stylus is more potent than the claymore.
8. It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.
9. Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion.
10. The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled saucepan does not reach 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
11. All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous.
12. Where there are visible vapors in ignited carbonous materials, there is conflagration.
13. A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiates the potable concoction produced by steeping certain coneatibles.
14. Eleemosynary deeds have their incipience intramurally.
15. Male cadavers are incapable of yielding testimony.
16. Individuals who make their abode in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles.
17. Neophyte's serendipity.
18. Exclusive dedication to the necessitous chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders John a hebetudinous fellow.
19. Abstention from any aleatory undertakings precludes a potential escalation of lucrative nature.
20. Missiles of ligneous or petrous consistency have the potential for fracturing my osseus structure, but appellations will eternally remain innocuous.
A first grade teacher had 25 students in her class and she presented each child the first half of a well known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their insight may surprise you. While reading, keep in mind that these are first graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is classic!
1. Don't change horses...................until they stop running.
A first grade teacher had 25 students in her class and she presented each child the first half of a well known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their insight may surprise you. While reading, keep in mind that these are first graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is classic!
1. Don't change horses...................until they stop running.
1 Twinkle twinkle little star
2 Birds of a feather....
3 Beauty is only skin deep
5 Don't cry over spilled milk
7 The pen is mightier than the sword
8 Can't teach an old dog new tricks
10 A watched pot never boils
11 i know this one but...grr 12 Where there's smoke, there's fire
I give up, for now.
13. Too many cooks spoil the soup (or something like that).
15. Dead men tell no tales.
18. All work and no play makes John a dull boy.
20. Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.
