Question for smart people

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 7:07 pm

"All things in moderation."

"If you're going to knowingly eat poison, you might as well lick the plate."

Chuck_Clark · Post by **Chuck_Clark** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 7:12 pm

Nano

Your 2-back post offers an idea for a (not-too-distant) future trivia question - "What's a bushel?"

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 7:17 pm

Chuck_Clark wrote:Nano

Your 2-back post offers an idea for a (not-too-distant) future trivia question - "What's a bushel?"

I was, in fact, thinking that it probably has fallen in with such terms as "hogshead" and "styptic" these days, when I posted it!

"Two wrongs don't make a right."

"Revenge is a dish best served cold."

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 7:48 pm

"Never judge a book by its cover."

"Where there's smoke, there's fire."

aderyn_du · Post by **aderyn_du** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 7:58 pm

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 8:02 pm

aderyn_du wrote:"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

Yeah, that one stumped me, too.

aderyn_du · Post by **aderyn_du** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 8:04 pm

Nanohedron wrote:
aderyn_du wrote:"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
Yeah, that one stumped me, too.

I take it to mean that it's better to actually have something than to wish for it....

(edited to add: kind of like "don't count your chickens before they hatch")

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 8:56 pm

AHA!

aderyn_du wrote:"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

"There are plenty of fish in the sea."

OK, new one:

"Never put off for tomorrow what you can do today."

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:08 pm

No takers? OK, then:

"Never put off for tomorrow what you can do today."

"All work and no play make Jack a dull boy."

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:48 pm

Any opposites for "Lightning never strikes the same place twice"?

Best wishes,
Jerry

happyturkeyman · Post by **happyturkeyman** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:28 am

Jerry Freeman wrote:Any opposites for "Lightning never strikes the same place twice"?

Best wishes,
Jerry

When it rains, it pours.

I'm honestly too tired to place either of those in context. Can someone please tell me whether that works or not so that I don't have to think about it when I wake up this morning?

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:15 am

aderyn_du wrote:"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

Hmmm. I know a variation on this one that may not be appropriate for this thread. It involves "hand" and "bush".

I can't think of an opposite for Jerry's lightning cliche.

Is there an opposite for "You can't make an omelete without breaking eggs?"

Or "The squeaky wheel gets the grease." Maybe the "protruding nail" is an opposite to those.

"Tread lightly and carry a big stick."

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:22 am

Jerry Freeman wrote:Any opposites for "Lightning never strikes the same place twice"?

Best wishes,
Jerry

"A leopard never changes his spots."

--James

Chuck_Clark · Post by **Chuck_Clark** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 12:17 pm

"A bird in the hand, etc." is derived from hunting and is basically a commentary on bragging about one's abilities or, as in fishing, 'the one that got away'. It means that results are more valuable than promises.

A couple of the newer ones don't really fit.

"When it rains, it pours" (and the spinoff "It never rains but it pours") is an advertising slogan for Morton's Salt. Earlier forms of table salt tended to clump, especially in damp weather. Morton apparently found a way to prevent it and made it into a slogan.

"Tread (Walk) softly and carry a big stick" was Theodore Roosevelt's description of his foreign policy in the early Twentieth century.

aderyn_du · Post by **aderyn_du** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 12:21 pm

Chuck_Clark wrote:"A bird in the hand, etc." is derived from hunting and is basically a commentary on bragging about one's abilities or, as in fishing, 'the one that got away'. It means that results are more valuable than promises.

Ah! That makes much more sense...thanks, Chuck!