Old Adages: Money style!

needmoney

If something is worth doing then it is a case of iIn for a penny, in for a pound, which means that when gambling or taking a chance, you might as well go the whole way and take all the risks, not just some.

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Ticklemouse

Trying2Save wrote:

Where there's a will there's a way.

Or rather - "Where there's a will, there's a relative"

Or one of my faves - from Steve Martin:

"All I've ever wanted is an honest week's pay for an honest day's work"

Trying2Save_3

Just thought of some more!

Many a muckle makes a mickle (or is it the other way round?)
You can't make a silk purse out of a cow's ear.
You can't miss what you never had.

swampytiggaa

my nan [who died when i was about 2] taught my mum her favourite saying.......

you can buy a new back but you cor buy a new belly

meaning that if it was a choice between clothes [back] and food [belly] then you should go for the food every time.

another one i heard was a couple of oldies discussing the cost of a funeral - the one said to the other

well i never heard of anyone being left up top before which is true i suppose.....

needmoney

' It doesn't eat or drink'

'It doesn't have to be perfect just DONE'

Lillibet_2

From my now departed Grandad :

"A fool & his money are easily parted" throughout his working life, which switched to "There are no pockets in a shroud" as soon as he retired! I'm inclined to think he got the balance about right!!

foreverskint wrote:

Oh and by the way can anyone tell me why our christmas turkey is always affectionately nicknamed "cuthbert"

Don't know about Cuthbert, ours is always called Gregory after the turkey in a Doris Day Film (either By the Light of the Silvery Moon or On Moonlight Bay, I forget which)

Bogof_Babe

Where there's muck, there's brass. (Another version is where there's muck there's money).

Is that a Yorkshire one too? I always thought it referred to doing a cleaning job for money, but maybe it is more subtle?

Curry_Queen

Yup, that's a Yorkshire saying and I've been trying to think of that one so cheers :beer:

Queenie

Bogof_Babe wrote:

Where there's muck, there's brass. (Another version is where there's muck there's money).

Is that a Yorkshire one too? I always thought it referred to doing a cleaning job for money, but maybe it is more subtle?

I do believe it is a Yorkshire one and the meaning behind it is regarding *rubbish* LOL The equivalent is .... "One man's rubbish is another man's treasure" Think, rag n bone men, think salvage! Or even, these days Boot Fairs

nicki_2

I was reading through my household hints book and came across these :

- The devil makes work for idle hands
- Its no use crying over spilt milk
- Red Sky at night, shepherd's delight (it will be fine enough to put washing out to dry), red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning (it will rain and washing should not be put out)
- A stitch in time saves nine
- Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves
- Too many cooks spoil the broth
- You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- You can't teach an old dog new tricks
- Work expands to fit the time available