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stampeder · 2012-04-27, 03:04 PM

Spice up your conversations with these fractured epigrams:

Never count your chickens until they've crossed the road.

Give a man a fish and he'll be early to bed, early to rise.

He who laughs last is like a bowl of cherries.

Always the bridesmaid, never the bird in the bush.

vmpv · 2012-04-27, 06:00 PM

Check out the film "Trixie" with Emily Watson if you want some gems. Not the best movie but amusing.

"You have to grab the bull by the tail and look it in the eye"
"fish or get off the pot"
"hey, nobody's human"
"that guy smokes like a fish"

stampeder · 2012-04-28, 02:32 AM

Never look at a gift horse until the fat lady sings.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, seven years of bad luck.

Make hay while the apple never falls far from the tree.

gdewar · 2012-04-28, 11:09 AM

You're barking up a dead horse's a$$.

stampeder · 2012-04-28, 02:50 PM

The early bird gets the stitch in time.

A watched pot never starves a fever.

Stilgar · 2012-05-07, 11:26 AM

It is better to light a candle than to break your mothers back.

It is better to have a loved a short man than never to have loved a tall.

2012-04-27, 03:04 PM	#1
stampeder OTA Forum Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North Delta, BC (96Av x 116St) Posts: 23,338	Mixed Up Old Sayings... Spice up your conversations with these fractured epigrams: Never count your chickens until they've crossed the road. Give a man a fish and he'll be early to bed, early to rise. He who laughs last is like a bowl of cherries. Always the bridesmaid, never the bird in the bush.

2012-04-28, 11:09 AM	#4
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2012-04-27, 06:00 PM	#2
vmpv Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Whitby, Ont. Posts: 755	Check out the film "Trixie" with Emily Watson if you want some gems. Not the best movie but amusing. "You have to grab the bull by the tail and look it in the eye" "fish or get off the pot" "hey, nobody's human" "that guy smokes like a fish"

2012-04-28, 02:32 AM	#3
stampeder OTA Forum Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North Delta, BC (96Av x 116St) Posts: 23,338	Never look at a gift horse until the fat lady sings. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, seven years of bad luck. Make hay while the apple never falls far from the tree.

2012-04-28, 02:50 PM	#5
stampeder OTA Forum Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North Delta, BC (96Av x 116St) Posts: 23,338	The early bird gets the stitch in time. A watched pot never starves a fever.

2012-05-07, 11:26 AM	#6
Stilgar Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 260	It is better to light a candle than to break your mothers back. It is better to have a loved a short man than never to have loved a tall.