Here's one for you:. OLD SAYINGS, meanings

[mourningdove~]

So you got think gosh was a word before it was used as a replacement for God?

Don't know ...

 

[returntosender]

"He kicked the bucket!"

= "He died."

Now that one's confusing as it still makes no sense to me. You don't have to explain each one. Makes more work for you and you seem to know so many

 

[returntosender]

That's what my dad told me when I was a kid and got a BB Gun.

Lol, now you know where it came from

 

[returntosender]

Okay, from the internet ...

A bushel is an old agricultural unit, approximately 35 liters. A peck is 0.25 bushels, but there is a play on words because “peck” also means a quick kiss.

A bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck.

 

[mourningdove~]

Now that one's confusing as it still makes no sense to me. You don't have to explain each one. Makes more work for you and you seem to know so many

You are so right ... it actually doesn't make sense!

So, this explanation is really interesting ...

The term 'kick the bucket' originated in the 16th century. The wooden frame used to hang animals by their feet for slaughter was called a bucket. As the animals struggled and spasmed, they were said to “kick the bucket.” The term gained broader definition when it was defined in Grose’s 1785 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: “To kick the bucket, to die.”

 

[mourningdove~]

You don't have to explain each one. Makes more work for you and you seem to know so many

Yes, I do know many!
I grew up & lived in a time in history when folks said many of those kind of funny & interesting sayings.
It was common to hear them in the family. Common to hear them in the workplace. In the neighborhood.
Language was fun and colorful.

Now, with political correctness, I think many of us have become much more careful about the things that we say, since persons are more easily offended these days.

But the old days were fun, and so has this thread been!

 

[Chesterton]

I don't cotton to that.

(The meaning's a bit involved, you'll have to look it up yourself. )

 

[returntosender]

You are so right ... it actually doesn't make sense!

So, this explanation is really interesting ...

The term 'kick the bucket' originated in the 16th century. The wooden frame used to hang animals by their feet for slaughter was called a bucket. As the animals struggled and spasmed, they were said to “kick the bucket.” The term gained broader definition when it was defined in Grose’s 1785 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: “To kick the bucket, to die.”

That's sad

 

[returntosender]

This one is easy. It really does have a meaning.

TRICK OR TREAT

 

[returntosender]

This one is easy. It really does have a meaning.

TRICK OR TREAT

Used to be they wouldn't give you a treat if you didn't have a trick

 

[jayem]

A couple of old self-explanatory sayings:

“As good as gold”

“A diamond in the rough”

Edited to add: Forgot to mention an oldie my grandmother said. More a proverb than just a saying. And the meaning is obvious:

"You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."

 

[returntosender]

A couple of old self-explanatory sayings:

“As good as gold”

“A diamond in the rough”

Edited to add: Forgot to mention an oldie my grandmother said. More a proverb than just a saying. And the meaning is obvious:

"You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."

Umm? Not sure a diamond in the rough is obvious?

 

[MehGuy]

Pushing up daisies..

I never knew what that meant... but I assume it's about the dead rising from the grave to eat their loved ones.. or something..

 

[mourningdove~]

Pushing up daisies..

From Grammarist:

It’s a colorful and somewhat jocular way of saying that the person in question is deceased and buried.
The image is of a body decomposing under a flower-filled meadow, nourishing the plants.

 

[returntosender]

Pushing up daisies..

I never knew what that meant... but I assume it's about the dead rising from the grave to eat their loved ones.. or something..

Ahahahahaha, you been watching to many spook movies, lol

From Grammarist:

It’s a colorful and somewhat jocular way of saying that the person in question is deceased and buried.
The image is of a body decomposing under a flower-filled meadow, nourishing the plants.

Geeeze

 

[Michie]

My mother is from the south and she has a million of them. Here is one: Madder than a wet hen.

 

[jayem]

Umm? Not sure a diamond in the rough is obvious?

Britannica Dictionary definition of DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH:

1) A person who has talent or other good qualities but who is not polite, educated, socially skilled, etc.
2) Something that is in poor condition but that is likely to become valuable with appropriate care or attention


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[Michie]

Quit being ugly.

 

[Robban]

Britannica Dictionary definition of DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH:

1) A person who has talent or other good qualities but who is not polite, educated, socially skilled, etc.
2) Something that is in poor condition but that is likely to become valuable with appropriate care or attention


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There is a diamond in each of us.

 

[Michie]

He thinks the sun rises just to hear him crow.