831 - Don't get into water over your head
832 - Why don't you go play in traffic?
                832 was/is used around here - - - - - - - and we had busy streets. MMMmmmm 

My Dad used to always say, "Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent."

833 - Set brain in gear before starting mouth.


See #98 - "Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent."

I like 833 - never heard it before but so well said!

The Belgians have a saying:
Turn your tongue seven time inside your  mouth before talking
- similar meaning.

   Who had #98 before Rick?

What do you mean Angel?  Do you want the complete list? I can mail it to you if that is what you imply.

Hi Rammel
Ties up the loose ends

Finalising matters, concluding something.

It came from a nautical origin.  As sailors had to make ropes shipshape, they tied up the loose ends.

But it was then used on a broader scale.

Kelly

I always tell my dogs,

It's no use chasing squirrels until you learn to climb trees.


Just wanted to share that. Don't know if it counts.

Rammel, about the traffic, he said that to my cousins little boy when the were visiting and there WAS traffic.  They caught him trying to open the front door and to go do it.  My mother gave my father quite a lecture.

Hi Rammel
Make a beeline for

You go somewhere quickly

It is a similar saying as:

'As the crow flies'

As it is thought crows fly directly to their destination. 

Both sayings still used in the UK and the Isle of Man.

Kelly

I went back to the beginning and didn't see a list, Bubble. Is it posted somewhere with who posted what saying?

Kelly, I always thought that as the crow flies meant a clearer path as a bird doesn't have to go around obstacles.

Quote from: angelface555 on April 26, 2016, 03:03:09 AM
  Who had #98 before Rick?

I don't keep track of who submits. But if the submitter recalls the submitting they could respond.

It was "recorded" as
98 - Never duel in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.

angelface555 - I can send you the list if you want it. Keep in mind that it is now approx. 900 lines long. It is in RTF format in WordPad

Quote from: so_P_bubble on April 26, 2016, 02:31:49 AM
The Belgians have a saying:
Turn your tongue seven time inside your  mouth before talking
- similar meaning.

I'm adding "Turn your tongue seven time inside your  mouth before talking" as a sub-thought to  833  but not assigning another number.

Keep in mind that many of these have slightly different wording depending where they are from. Some are worded quite differently but have similar meaning.

This whole thing started one day when I heard an old saying and I wondered just how many of these sayings we all have heard in our lifetime. I'm sure so many of these have shaped our lives in ways we never thought about.. That's why I'm looking only for the ones WE have heard. After all, we are a special group 

834 - Ties up the loose ends
835 - Make a beeline for

Hi angel
I thought my thoughts on the crow was the same as yours.

Kelly

Hi Rammel
As always thank you for you what do for us.

Kelly

Thanks, Rick, I just thought since that was a special saying to me that I may have submitted it earlier.

Hi, Kelly!

Quote from: angelface555 on April 26, 2016, 10:41:41 AM
Thanks, Rick, I just thought since that was a special saying to me that I may have submitted it earlier.

Hi, Kelly!

That's possible.  But since we lost the old S&F and had to re-start there's no way for anyone to tell if they had subscribed to a discussion. We're all counting on our memories ---- HAHAHAHAHA  --- Fat chance (mmmm - another)

  

Here one I can't quite remember. But I recall some of it from many moons ago.

When a kid makes a face someone would often comment about it freezing that way. Now who has the good memory to remember that.

Hi Rammel
The saying similar to the one you mentioned I remember is

If the wind changes your face will stay like that.

Kelly

Whenever we made sad, weird, nasty, glum or whatever faces, my grandmother would say...

Be careful! Your face will freeze and you'll look like that for the rest of your life!

Adding
836 - Fat chance.
837 - Be careful! Your face will freeze and you'll look like that for the rest of your life!
                  similar --- If the wind changes your face will stay like that.
838 - Go soak - or - Go soak your head.


JaneS - I believe that's as I heard it.

Re: #838   ---  Does #838 sound familiar to anyone else?  Might have been just local here.

I've heard "Go soak your head" but around here when I was a teenager it was always...

Why don't you go take a flying leap in a rolling donut.

OR

Why don't you go take a long walk on a short pier!

Or.

I wish you were on the radio so I could turn you off!

I recall all three of those.  Will work at entering them. They are all the same BUT different.

839 - Drop dead or Drop dead twice.
840 - Why don't you go take a flying leap in a rolling donut.
841 - Why don't you go take a long walk on a short pier!
842 - I wish you were on the radio so I could turn you off!
843 - You should be on the stage ------ It leaves soon.
844 - Don't bite off more than you can chew.

These are a few I've heard locally (maybe very locally) but don't know that they would fit on the list.

Opinion PLEASE

Dag nab it.
Taint funny McGee.
No kidding dick tracy
Can't say ,not knowin
More chins than a Chinese Phone Book
Better than it was.

Adding
845 - Never a borrower or a lender be.

Hi Rammel

On these:

Dag nab it.
Taint funny McGee.
No kidding dick tracy
Can't say ,not knowin
More chins than a Chinese Phone Book
Better than it was.

Not ones I have heard of.  They might be local to a town or city.

kelly