Memories of the Past/ Old sayings

I will have to think about that. My dad always said, "Jewing someone down." which meant trying to get a better bargain in a deal. My mother and my foster mother said "If someone jumped off the bridge(or into the lake) would you do it?" that referred to someone following the crowd. Then there was the "you can't have your cake and eat it too, burning the candle at both ends, as tight as a Scotchman," For Stupidity, 'found the dodoo bird's nest and is laughing at the eggs." and there was the favorite, "You can't see anything for looking at it," that meant you were really not paying attention. My maternal grandmother had a saying, "Old as my age and a little older than my teeth."

This should really be a fun discussion, hehe. "you got more excuses then Carter has liver pills", "It hurts like the dickens", If anyone knows what a dickens is let me know."You catch more flies with honey then you do with vinager", "Hows them apples", Hows the ones that we all swore we would never say, "because I said so thats why", I know there are many more, I am just drawing a blank. When I think of some more I will be back. I will also be keeping an eye out on this discussion, memories are nice to share. I catch my son doing and saying some of the same things to his kids that I said to him. It brings a smile to my face and to my heart. We have some woods down the block, I used to take my son down there exploring, We would go looking for "lions and tigers and bears oh my", he does the same thing with his boys. I will use the phrase "hows them apples", I catch them saying it. Its funny that kids are doing and saying things that we all did as kids. Life goes in a circle, round and round.

There were alot of old sayings.Which of most I did not understand.That one "drunker then a skunk" well I didn't know a skunk got drunk. When it would be raining and the sun was shinning too my grandmother would say "the devil is beating his wife." There were more I can't think of them all right now.I just got up.I might come back on later and add them as I think of them.

my grandmother always said 'you don't get bees with vinegar'. meaning you only get bees with honey. Which means you must be nice if you want things...or something to that effect!

Yup, my grandad was born in 1867 and I can remember him saying some funny things.... sometimes he'd say," And out run Grannie with the dishrag hanging to her nose!" or if it was gross he'd say "It was enough to turn a dog from the gut-wagon."

I'm just pulling your leg(means I'm just joking),Don't beat around the bush(means tell me all about it.)Save for a rainy day(means save for a bad day when you'll really need it)

slickcut,This is a great discussion.Iam having so much fun thinking of things and reading other people's memories.

Haha! What a fun post! Kudos to you! I can remember my grandmother would describe someone who had been drinking as "Higher than a Georgia Pine." If she was cold or the room was cold, she would say, "It's colder than a well-digger's a$$ in here!" If describing someone thrifty she would say, "He could sqeeze shi!t out of a buffalo nickel!" Geeze I miss that woman!