Old Sayings And Their Meanings Rediscover Forgotten Wisdom

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The Farmer's Lamp

Күн бұрын

Ever heard an old phrase and wondered where it came from? These old sayings are catchy and full of wisdom.

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@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

Read more old sayings in the article. www.thefarmerslamp.com/do-you-know-meanings-of-these-old-sayings/

@user-tl6wh3ko7t Ай бұрын

My dad said "There are going to be days like this." He just forgot to tell me how many! 😮

@patkelly6561 Ай бұрын

My grandfather used to say, "If we all liked the same things we'd all be chasing your grandmother around"

@donaldhoffman285 24 күн бұрын

When ever I would skin a knee or mash a finger, my grandpa would quote the family motto, “If you are gonna be stupid, you gotta be tough”

@kerrybutler5908 Ай бұрын

"Don't let the cat out of the bag" comes from the days of sail when standard punishment was the cat-o-nine tails. A whip kept in a black bag. Punishment's were carried out on deck as below deck there was "not enough room to swing a cat". " Never buy a pig in a poke" refers to the practice of putting a cat in a poke ( bag) and selling it as a piglet.

@ocvettek07 Ай бұрын

Grandpa had a saying for every occasion. He came in for breakfast after chores one frigid morning and exclaimed "It's colder than a mother-in-law's kiss out there!" Another time, when I was frightened by two men loudly threatening one another, he told me not to worry, that "an empty wagon rattles loudest - same goes for people".

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

Sounds like your Grandpa was something special! Thank you for sharing his sayings with us!

@HyloWard Ай бұрын

He wanted to say. Colder than a whores Heart.💕👽

@joycephillips8212 Ай бұрын

Funny as all get out

@hlriiiviiiv Ай бұрын

When I didn’t believe my grandpas story he would say “Boy if I tell you that rooster will pull the freight train, you can go on and hook him up”

@mandovapehater6988 13 күн бұрын

My dad said the same thing. Colder than a mother in laws kiss.

@mafirearmsafety Ай бұрын

You are only as good as your word, no matter whatever else you might have.

@walterking4207 Ай бұрын

...as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs

@kevinsmith7287 Ай бұрын

My mum taught these old sayings but would always add a twist, i.e, the early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

great saying to reply to the "early bird" people. 😎

@andrewgraves4026 Ай бұрын

The early worm gets eaten!

@crystalbelle2349 8 күн бұрын

My late Dad changed them old sayings too, like: if a frog had wings, he would be an ugly bird. - Troy Carter at age 83

@TheFarmersLamp1 8 күн бұрын

@@crystalbelle2349 your Dad sounded like an interesting guy

@conorolaf1762 Ай бұрын

Never look back or you'll plant a crooked row.

@donnadeering1471 Ай бұрын

My dad always said your only as good as your word.

@r.f.pennington746 Ай бұрын

My Dad...RIP...used a variation when he saw something that someone else had, and wished he had it instead: he'd either say, "If I had that (whatever) and he had a wooden leg, then we'd both have something." Or else it was, "If I had (whatever) and he had a feather up his nose, we'd both be tickled." I grew up in rural Oklahoma in the 50's. EVERYONE was always using comparisons, wit, similes, exaggerations, cut-downs, you name it. That was the easiest way to tell if someone wasn't "from around there."

@davidking9724 Ай бұрын

But it wasn't nose.....the way I heard it 😅😂

@r.f.pennington746 Ай бұрын

@@davidking9724 You would be correct! My Dad had a way of cleaning things up...

@Pattiemarie3 Ай бұрын

As a kid I learned so many of this sayings from my Mom and Grandma. Then I loved the western shows on TV and the language I I emulated such as from Roy Roger’s and rest of the gang 😊. I entered college kinda late in life to become a teacher. In college I was made aware of how I spoke. lol came to quite a shock to me. although my teachers said they enjoyed it I worked very hard to change so much, but I haven’t forgotten these colorful and once important saying. I am enjoying your video. Thank you.

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your story with us!

@brookswade5774 Ай бұрын

Never look a gift horse in the mouth was started because in the old days, looking at a horses teeth was the way to judge the age of a horse. So it was rude to look in its mouth if it was given to you.

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

That’s another good meaning. Don’t you enjoy how there are so many different ways of looking at things. 😉

@brookswade5774 Ай бұрын

@@TheFarmersLamp1 Definitely. There’s always 3 or 4 different origins, it seems.

@stevemoore5053 Ай бұрын

Also, it's health.

@lennychorn147 13 күн бұрын

Have you all forgotten history? The don't look a gift horse in the mouth, has its origin in the Trojan Horse gift.

@olddoggeleventy2718 Ай бұрын

No matter where you go, there you are.

@user-kb3it8jf8t Ай бұрын

Wherever you've been there you were

@olddoggeleventy2718 Ай бұрын

@@user-kb3it8jf8t When I got there, I wasn't where I thought I was and didn't know where I went till I got back to where I thought I was.

@user-kb3it8jf8t Ай бұрын

@@olddoggeleventy2718 wherever you thought you were is where you thought you might be.

@olddoggeleventy2718 Ай бұрын

@@user-kb3it8jf8t Until I wasn't there anymore and then I didn't know where I was, even before I got to where I wasn't before then.

@user-kb3it8jf8t Ай бұрын

@@olddoggeleventy2718 so where you weren't you never were

@YBSirus Ай бұрын

My grandfathers saying: Wish in one hand and spit in the other, see which one fills up first.

@JackFlaps Ай бұрын

that rhymes with the way I heard it

@GhostRider-sc9vu 19 күн бұрын

@@JackFlaps My Great Grandmother used the first version, me I use yours.

@slimer1984 Күн бұрын

Those grumpy old men

@tomgunn8004 Ай бұрын

Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes! That way you'll be a mile away from him and.......you'll have his shoes!

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

😂Well, I've never heard that explanation before. Thanks for sharing!

@firecracker187 Ай бұрын

@TheFarmersLamp1 it's a paraprosodokian

@Katie-yu1cv 9 күн бұрын

I had to look that up. I use this form of humor to keep tourists entertained but I doubt I'll find a use for the word so I'll toss it in the omniumgatherum with all the other words I don't get to use.@@firecracker187

@chbears07 8 күн бұрын

Jack Handey

@psychonaut702 20 күн бұрын

When us young kids would pick our noses, our grandmother would either declare, "That man's been dead for years" or "There's no gold in them hills". I never understood what she was trying to tell us until I was older.

@janewasson4845 Ай бұрын

G ma said Sitting isn't doing. G pa said, do it, do it right, do it right now, and for God's sake, don't tell me about it. ( wanting praise) l miss them both! ❤️

@dennisanderson3895 Ай бұрын

2:53 Although Mark Twain once advised, "Put all you eggs in one basket. Then WATCH THAT BASKET!"

@danburch9989 Ай бұрын

"Fences should be horse high, bull strong and pig tight" in today's world applies to protecting your proerty from intruders and undesirables.

@karenbeach5896 Ай бұрын

Today, you need concertina wire. 👹👹

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

I can see that

@mafirearmsafety Ай бұрын

in short, democrats

@stevemoore5053 Ай бұрын

A month of Sundays; I heard that it means "I haven't seen you in a long time"

@alanrawson-wg8io Ай бұрын

31 Sundays is a long time

@1pcfred 14 күн бұрын

If there's 4 Sundays in every month and a month is about 30 days long then a month of Sundays is seven and a half months.

@crystalbelle2349 8 күн бұрын

@@alanrawson-wg8io thank you lol. At age 62 I still hadn’t figured that one out, but makes perfect sense. :)

@alanrawson-wg8io 8 күн бұрын

👍😊

@billammann9807 13 күн бұрын

Fascinatingly informative.

@bobdevlieg8550 18 күн бұрын

My dad was in WWII and when commenting on a woman who looked just so-so, he would say "nothing to write home about."

@user-im6ou8dl6o 3 күн бұрын

When seeing a beautiful woman he would say her pee has a blade on it that whistles

@RagtimeAnnie Ай бұрын

Adding to "the cat in the bag" is - "Don't buy a pig in a poke" ("Poke" meaning a small bag or sack - maybe a burlap or flour sack)

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

I know some mountain people that still use "Poke" a lot thanks for sharing

@navret1707 Ай бұрын

@@TheFarmersLamp1 - Here in the mountains of Western NC they still do.

@crystalbelle2349 8 күн бұрын

@@navret1707 I moved from the mountains of WV to central NC & still had much to learn bc we all have different expressions. Was visiting my neighbor through the woods one evening & dark sneaked in before I walked back home. Told them I had to get home but had a light with to avoid snakes. Her husband stood up & said, “stay as late as you want & I will carry you home”! I said, “NO WAY! I will be fine but you can’t carry me! You would hurt your back”! The entire family busted into laughter as my friend explained it as an expression for driving me home. LoL that was in the eighties so I have converted from hillbilly to Tarheel, finally. So, Hey, neighbor!

@Larry660 Ай бұрын

4:35: I've also heard, "The early worm deserves the bird."

@thomastrout9997 Ай бұрын

The early bird catches the worm...but the 2nd mouse gets the cheese.

@JoseRodriguez-uj5gr Ай бұрын

@@thomastrout9997the worm that got caught was up earlier than the bird 😂

@diannelane5211 6 күн бұрын

I love the one Grandma always said when you asked her to do something when she was busy. She'd say I'll get to it in 3 shakes of a dead lambs tail. In other words .... Never!!!!

@davidbarnes7711 17 күн бұрын

You don't go plowin when you know there's rattlers in the field. Or, Ya done plowed up a rattler.

@dieselbronco9247 Ай бұрын

The early bird may catch the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese!

@williewonka6694 Ай бұрын

Not letting the cat out of the bag refers to the "Cat o' nine tails" used to punish sailor's with lashed. The cat was stored in a bag, until the Captain determined a punishment was to be administered.

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

I have found there are many ways these old sayings have been used over the years. Thanks for sharing with us.

@joemilwaukee393 20 күн бұрын

My dad used to say “ between you, me, and the fence post”, meaning to keep what he says between us.

@TheFarmersLamp1 19 күн бұрын

I still say that one! 😀

@GhostRider-sc9vu 19 күн бұрын

@@TheFarmersLamp1 Ditto

@crystalbelle2349 8 күн бұрын

My son is an only child & said he was age 12 figuring out his Dad didn’t think his name was Fence Post lol.

@timothyvankleeck2452 16 күн бұрын

My Dad told me, if you're gonna. Soar with the eagles at night. You'd better be ready to scratch with the chickens in the morning. Thx Pops I've never missed a day of work because I was too tired from partying too much.

@TheFarmersLamp1 16 күн бұрын

Good one!

@user-xj6uu8lq5z 7 күн бұрын

you can pull me a lot further than you can push me

@jesseostone386 Ай бұрын

“Happy as a clam at high tide!” A clam, buried in the sand and covered by water so as not to be easily found and dug up, is safe and protected. 👍🏼

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

love it.

@crystalbelle2349 8 күн бұрын

@@TheFarmersLamp1 heard that all my life, but hadn’t asked so never understood until now. Thank you SO much for this informative page! GBU & yours. ~

@winnon992 Ай бұрын

My granddaddy always used to say when someone was worried about something that might not even happen was ; Don’t be digging up snakes.

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

good one

@fjb4932 Ай бұрын

A Month of Sundays: We moved to N. Carolina about 1964. One sunday my Mother hung the wash out on the clothes line. Neighbor lady came bustling over warning her about working on a sunday. The part i remember most was how when she said the ground would open up and swallow my Mother, she actually took as step back and looked at the ground, actually expecting to see my Mother be swallowed as the ground opened. And she was a Baptist. The Southern Baptist try to be even more fanatical. The Catlicks have their work cut out for them . . . ☆

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

old sayings bring back alot of memories thanks for sharing

@e.conboy4286 Ай бұрын

They were very good at giving any opinion, weren’t they!

@user-im6ou8dl6o 3 күн бұрын

Some Baptist would seperate the rooster from the hens on Sunday to keep the Sabbath

@24revealer Ай бұрын

I'd like to hear everyone's interpretation of "Can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear". This was in a book I read.

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

I would say it means you can't take just anything and make it fit for certain higher purposes.

@crickettmoon7082 Ай бұрын

It means you cant make something of value out of something inferior. IE- It is what it is no mater what you wish it could be.

@NanaBren 12 күн бұрын

In the context that I am used to, it refers to someone who is unrealistic in expectation or a situation where it would take a miracle to make it work.

@rupe53 12 күн бұрын

@@NanaBren like spinning straw into gold?

@Michael-ep1ll 27 күн бұрын

Darn it. Guess i olde i knew all these.man getting old a pain.

@Michael-ep1ll 25 күн бұрын

I am reminded this AM. That my Great Grandmother would often point at all the kids and say about me ***Boy you are always as Busy As A Long Tailed CAT in a room full of Rocking Chairs...♾️🪖

@mightymystery9204 15 күн бұрын

Getting old is hard, but life made me tough enough to face it.

@crystalbelle2349 8 күн бұрын

@@mightymystery9204it sure does that! Getting old is painful, but beats the alternative to me as a mother & grandmother. Don’t want my children to know the pain of losing a parent until I simply can’t tough it out anymore, so we’ve got this, God willing. ~

@mightymystery9204 8 күн бұрын

@@crystalbelle2349 That love will make a solid foundation for them in years to come, and that love will be a warm light in their heart far beyond the span of time.

@user-bu5ye3mr5w Ай бұрын

Let's get the show on the road around here. Meaning, work faster and be more productive. I never knew what this meant, until I saw an old carnival movie and this is exactly what the carnival boss says, get busy and pack up this show, and get it on the road to the next town. High time you did something, this comes from airplane engines when parts are replaced after a certain number of hours in service. So it's like, high time to replace the valves. My dad Herb used to holler at me when I was a kid, and he had a dozen old sayings, I never knew what they meant, like straighten up and fly right. Or come down off your high horse

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

interesting

@mightymystery9204 15 күн бұрын

High time may also refer to the old habit of working from dawn to dusk. If noon came and it wasn't started, someone was lazy or slow, and likely to be disappointed.

@gailbean7497 Ай бұрын

He was so mad he could chew nails and spit tacks.

@cjim4875 14 күн бұрын

Don't let the cat out of the bag actually refers to punishment of sailors aboard British naval ships. The cat of nine tails was kept in a velvet bag. When it was removed from the bag it meant someone was to be whipped.

@startover125 13 күн бұрын

Maybe that’s another reason, our forefathers developed America

@startover125 13 күн бұрын

Don’t get me wrong, I love theBrits! God bless America and God bless the UK

@TheFarmersLamp1 13 күн бұрын

There’s always more than one meaning depending on location and era. That’s one reason why I love old sayings.😀

@steveburger2669 Ай бұрын

Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. - My understanding is that you look into a horse’s mouth to determine the horse’s age as determined by how worn down the teeth are. Worn teeth show that your “gift” is old and near death. Like getting a gift car that has 300,000 miles on the odometer.

@voiceofraisin241 Ай бұрын

There is also hoof and mouth disease.

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

thats what my husband said his grandpa always said

@clarencegreen3071 15 күн бұрын

A related saying is "getting long in the tooth." This refers to the receding gums of a horse as it ages, exposing more of the tooth. Therefore if you're getting up in years, you're getting long in the tooth.

@mandovapehater6988 13 күн бұрын

Sundays dont mean nothing anymore around here. So many people moving to my area without a clue about that. Mowing,weed eating, shooting etc. Sunday used to be quiet around here. Just another day to these dang move-ins.

@pughoneycutt1986 Ай бұрын

That is cooler than a Siberian snow snake. The early bird gets the worm but the early worm gets eaten, it's important to know which one you are.

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

Well, now the Siberian snow snake is a new one on me. Thanks for sharing!

@daniel_O_Grady6816 Ай бұрын

But everybody knows the worm that's late.Don't get ate.😮

@Ryarios Ай бұрын

Eagles may fly, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines…

@Cam-vz2zk Ай бұрын

Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug...

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

@@Cam-vz2zk 🤣

@Ryarios Ай бұрын

‘That dog won’t hunt" is used for most anything that’s unacceptable

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

it was a favorite saying of my great uncle

@emilypatterson4479 2 күн бұрын

The early bird catches the worm... But the late worm lives longer.

@TheFarmersLamp1 Күн бұрын

Have never heard that one. nice

@emilypatterson4479 Сағат бұрын

@@TheFarmersLamp1 I added that when I was young. Was my response when my grandmother would be ushering us out the door early for groceries or whatever.

@judyward5335 14 күн бұрын

My grandmother always used the expression when something happened fast that it was like”when Grant took Richmond”.

@Onwardthruthefog51 Ай бұрын

My MaMa used to say, they'll promise you everything from an amazing grace to a floatin' opportunity! 😊 Another one was"if my butt had teeth, it would have eat a hole in the car seat"!!😮

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

love it

@bruceheishman7831 Ай бұрын

If my Auntie had balls, she'd be my Uncle

@LB-ty6ks Ай бұрын

Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off altogether.

@ronb1401 Ай бұрын

The expression is " haven't seen you in a month of sundays". 30 days in month, so month of sundays would take 30 weeks.

@johnpaulmorin7511 Ай бұрын

Very entertaining video!

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it. Be sure to read the article for more!

@curtpiazza1688 13 күн бұрын

Great stuff! 😂

@richardw3470 Ай бұрын

Pig tight. Pigs are smart, probably the smartest farm animal we have today. The fence has to withstand their brain power as much as their brute power. I read some stacked boxes or boards left in their area and were working on using them to climb out. Must have been strong boxes, boars and sows are huge. A saying everyone knows is 'lie down with dogs, get up with fleas'; we all know the meaning, you're known by the company you keep.

@johnsmithSongbird Ай бұрын

Mares tail A cloud in sky with a rare form of a horse tail Weather is going to change

@joesmith7427 Ай бұрын

If livestock causes you damage today, the owner can pay!! I remember my uncle buying a guy who hit his cow on the highway, a brand new car- pick one you want and tell the dealer to send him the bill !! My uncle got what was left of the cow!

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

Yeah some states, like the one we live in, are fence out states which means the livestock owner isn’t responsible when they damage your property. Every state has different laws.

@andyandersen8330 Ай бұрын

it’s raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

Another new one on me. Thanks for sharing It!

@randallharmsen5802 21 күн бұрын

Any rock doesn’t have to be flat! LOL

@gaymichaelis7581 7 күн бұрын

Loves these!!!! I’ve never seen this video at all!! And there are so many sayings I’ve never heard of!!! And some that are very familiar, and some that are not so familiar!!! And the fellow who is doing the narrating is quite comical at times!!!! Love this!!! Thank you, any & all for this!!! Have you found the gospel of Jesus Christ yet?! We are in the last days!!! ❤️🥰🌎🙏💙🩷👍🪴🤗🤟😇

@electricman523 Ай бұрын

Do you remember that great old western actor Leroy Rogers? He starred in that famous movie "How Duh Wes Be Won"

@deweyplanck9850 7 күн бұрын

Curiosity killed the cat, but it saved the rats butt.

@user-ho7up8qe2p 12 күн бұрын

"That ain't no hill for a stepper."

@battalion151R Ай бұрын

"His memory's as short as the hair on a bee's knees." Refers to someone having a very short memory. I've found that Mark on "Moonshiner's" has a ton of sayin's that I've never heard before. But, there's a lot of wisdom in 'em.

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

That’s a good one!

@carlluft8175 14 күн бұрын

“Pick up the slack” or “Take up the Slack”, came from the canal era when boats were pulled by horses and Mules

@TheFarmersLamp1 13 күн бұрын

Nice one. Thanks for sharing!

@user-ji7yr7wg2x 13 күн бұрын

If a frog had wings he wouldn’t bump his butt on the ground

@TheFarmersLamp1 13 күн бұрын

😂

@MaryellenWickander-ox2qh 7 күн бұрын

Working from can't see to can't see means starting work so early the sun isn't up to so late the sun has gone down.

@robertdenning2304 Ай бұрын

I'm fine as frog hair split 4 ways!!!

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

That’s a good one!

@Fww5522 Ай бұрын

Colder than a well diggers ass.

@balsachopper7 Ай бұрын

Mine is "l'm fine as frog hair and twice as ugly." Frog doesn't have hair, so l'm not good and l'm twice as ugly as that frog. Gets a laugh whenever l use it.

@arthurgay5746 Ай бұрын

Slow is smooth and smooth is faster !!!

@joesmith7427 Ай бұрын

Dont mistake age for wisdom!!

@user-kb3it8jf8t Ай бұрын

Don't mistake kindness for weakness.

@rupe53 12 күн бұрын

as you were saying... there's no fool like an old fool!

@rodneyvenables Ай бұрын

I heard a different one for letting the cat out of the bag. In the days of sailing ships in the British navy, if a sailor screwed up big enough they would secure his ankles to the rails beside a cannon an supply him with the materials to make a "cat of nine tails" with which to flog him. As it was considered bad luck for the cat to be seen below decks, the cat would go into a leather bag until it was time to use it. Then and only then would you "let the cat out of the bag". After use the cat was then thrown overboard.

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

have never heard that one. thanks for sharing

@bertsteele139 Ай бұрын

As for “never look a gift horse in the mouth”. You judge a horses age and general health by looking at its teeth.

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

thats what my husbands grandpa used it as

@dixieboy5688 8 күн бұрын

Like trying to put socks on a rooster . Very difficult.

@jeffharper7579 Ай бұрын

My thoughts to ,if you can work you should! No offense to all the disabled people but to many my opinion that set back and do nothing while the rest of us work, I have bad back, shoulders and spine issues but I still work, can't climb on the crusher plant at work no more but I can still be a gopher , go get this go get that .

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

respect

@Katie-yu1cv 9 күн бұрын

I don't work, I won't work. Folks see me playing with power tools or my hoe and rake and try to hire me. Silly people! Life is too short for wasting a minute on work.

@akamogg8747 Ай бұрын

THE VALUE OF 'PROVERBS' IS TO CAUSE THE OBSERVER TO 'THINK' AND LEARN FROM EVIDENCE SO AS TO RECOGNIZE A THING WITHOUT THE NEED TO ACTUALLY TAKE IT IN HAND.

@kyleeverett7059 9 күн бұрын

Very good

@rickyparrish8310 3 күн бұрын

When ever medicine was put on a sore and it stung that means it's doing good if a sore start itching don't scratch it it's getting better and you might get it infected 😮😊

@mountainmawmaw863 14 күн бұрын

We still say most of this here.

@dirtfarmer7472 11 күн бұрын

My mother said “this isn’t paying for the baby’s new dress or paying for the 1 it does have “

@dirtfarmer7472 11 күн бұрын

My dad would say when he wanted me to hurry up “ grandma’s slow, but she’s old “

@brianlester8367 Ай бұрын

The early bird gets the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.

@StanleypeterDickinson 7 күн бұрын

Best gift is Jesus forgiveness, He aint flawed or a liar, and He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked, or that fate worse than death. He's The Living breath. I read His texts.

@choppacity4348 19 сағат бұрын

Amen

@cherylhaass6609 Ай бұрын

Horse’s ages are determined by examining the teeth. If you look into a gift horse’s mouth, you may discover that he’s beyond his “Best By” date!

@RandThompson-dd3sk Ай бұрын

The early bird gets the worm... But the second mouse gets the cheese.

@krispoli22 Ай бұрын

Lot of people don't know the second parts. Curiosity killed the cat satisfaction brought him back. Sqweeking wheel gets the greese or replaced.

@louf7178 Ай бұрын

Well come

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

I’ve always liked that one. “Ye are come well, you are well come, ye are welcome”🥰

@drdehailey Ай бұрын

Don't let the cat out of the bag . . . on 18th century ships the cat-o-nine tails was kept in a bag.

@christopherlaw9216 Ай бұрын

Another origin of don't let the cat out of the cat bag was the British naval tradition of flogging sailors with a whip called the cat o' nine tails and stored in a bag.by the boson. So when when the Capitan read the charges and said "Bosun, do your duty, the CAT as was out of the bag.

@panders55 Ай бұрын

One of Mom's in the early 60's was: Cat Fur to make a pair of Kitten Britches, do you want some? Took only one time to learn not to say yes.

@Ross-ql9fi Ай бұрын

They sound comfy I bet she was a nice mother I hope she's alive because I want a pair 34×36

@panders55 Ай бұрын

@@Ross-ql9fi , You really didn't get the message, you got your butt warmed up!! Sadly she passed from Cancer on 6 July 2009.

@Ross-ql9fi Ай бұрын

@@panders55 awe my grandpa got it 9/6/03 and grandma 9/12/18 they were 14 years apart in age grandma never smoked so I guess just do what makes you happy. I was thinking she skinned the kittens I heard my other grandpa would throw em in the river cats are the best I am actually a kitten meow meow. I was only spanked once by a drunk uncle but extremely smart uncle taught me a lot to this day I feel like he loved me more than anyone. My other grandma died late January 08 took care of great grandma a long time and little over a year after great passed she did so I refuse to work a regular job and just take care of family family is more important than a job or house. Lived with no heat water or electric before with my parents but we couldn't of been closer the struggles are what makes you realize what is important and always someone else who would love to be in your shoes. My only friend is born 55 I'm a early 90s model he is friends with whole family both sides like he told me it's ok to go to jail but don't be a convict like all your uncle's so far I'm not a convict

@Ross-ql9fi Ай бұрын

@@panders55 grandpa walked 20 miles uphill both ways to school through three feet of snow sometimes 4 and one time he forgot his backpack halfway too lol I guess they didn't have backpacks or he couldn't afford one being in Chicago in orphanage I heard but I think it was juvenile guess he turned 16 and his older brother picked him up that day. Grew up in depression and was strong believer if you can't beat up 5 men you can't fight one for each limb and use your head my grandma said he looked like a buzzsaw when he fought I guess him and 3-4 buddies would get between the cars and stack 30-40 guys and boogie. at 79 he built a huge addition all by himself was mad at grandma because she couldnt hand him up the plywood and had to get the neighbor.

@panders55 Ай бұрын

@@Ross-ql9fi Mom was raised up in a German community called Pleasant Valley NE of Guthrie, Ok. She told of the times she road a horse bareback to school about 2 miles and tied the horse in a barn there at the school house.

@LesterMoore Ай бұрын

Actually many sayings are nautical in origin. Letting the cat out of the bag refers to the flogging instrument (The Cat of Nine Tails) of severe punishment. Malcontent sailors were tied to a grating and flogged on their naked backs with the nine tailed and knotted rope until they passed out in pain and blood. Hence the warning to keep one's mouth closed lest the words fall on authoritative ears, thus leading to the Cat O' Nine Tails be let (pulled) out of the baize bag that held the fearsome punishment tool.

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

That’s an interesting meaning. I love that there’s always more than one.

@donames6941 14 күн бұрын

I alway thought a mouth of sundays way 4 weeks

@stevenfulton1563 2 күн бұрын

You can shit in one hand and wish with the other and see which one fills up first.

@dixieboy5688 8 күн бұрын

" cat out of bag" is wrong. It comes from the days of sail and the use of the Cat O' 9 tails in keeping discipline on the ship. It was kept in a bag. When it came out of the bag , someone was getting a whipping.

@TheFarmersLamp1 7 күн бұрын

There are more than one meaning to many of these depending on era and location. Thanks for sharing.

@donalddangerfield8064 Ай бұрын

The reason you don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.. is because that’s how you tell how old a horse is and generally the first thing you check when you’re buying a horse.. so you don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. Or have criticism of a free gift

@NAGGAGOTTO-ft6iz 10 күн бұрын

The early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese. You can lead a dead horse to water but you can't make it drink. No sense in beating a drinking horse

@curtis4109 10 күн бұрын

My favorite is " stupid is as stupid does" who started that one?

@TheFarmersLamp1 9 күн бұрын

I don’t know who started this one.

@dixieboy5688 8 күн бұрын

FJB

@JohnCurtis6140 Ай бұрын

My mom's parents were from England and she had all kinds of weird sayings, like " I'm so mad I could spit shit.

@joesmith7427 Ай бұрын

Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered!!

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

what is the common meaning of that one?

@ronmisiura9169 5 күн бұрын

Never sniff a gift fish.

@aaronthenorm5400 6 күн бұрын

"What a bag of beams"! I know better then to buy this videos bag of beans!

@user-kb3it8jf8t Ай бұрын

"Rare as hens teeth" refers to something seldom seen

@richardw3470 Ай бұрын

Whistling girls and crowing hens always come to no good end. Grandma always said that to me (a girl) when she caught me whistling. Crowing hens were an abomination, like devil's kin, and would be quick to the hatchet. Whistling girls were impolite, not ladylike, and wouldn't catch a husband - die an old maid. Both bad ends.

@antonioforestgardens697 Ай бұрын

Checked the comments, didn't see it. My favorite, the "Rule of Thumb" original meaning was " When you beat your Wife, you can only use a stick with a diameter up to the size of your Thumb ".

@lennychorn147 13 күн бұрын

1:44 The meaning dates back to the Trojan Horse.

@user-cv6lx5hs4t 18 күн бұрын

My neighbor is so lazy he wouldn't walk around the barn to see a pis ant eat a bale of hay.

@clarencegreen3071 15 күн бұрын

". . . pis ant . . . " Back in the hills, ants were always called piss ants. That is unless you were a deacon in the church or a person of some refinement in which case they were called "pee ants." No joke! (Thought you'd like to know."

@user-cv6lx5hs4t 15 күн бұрын

@@clarencegreen3071 thanks. Always interested in learning. Pee ants. (got to keep it clean)

@richarddecker9515 Ай бұрын

When the sun is in the west, the lazy man works his best. He took the long way around the barn. Now we are cooking with gas. That’s closing the barn door after the horse got out.

@TheFarmersLamp1 Ай бұрын

Those are great