I am sure we have all done this when young.....said to someone, oh I cant wait for a certain day to arrive, wish it was tomorrow....only to be told.....

" Stop wishing your life away...."

the day will be here quicker than you think....
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Another Idiom I remember spoken within the family was......

"  I would take that with a pinch of salt...."

often said when you didn't believe someones story, or version of events....

Jackie, my grandmother used that "pinch of salt"  one very often, too.

And she also told us not "wish our lives away."

There's one that has a bit of truth in it that I might not have believed 10 years ago...

Your son is your son till he takes him a wife,
But your daughter's your daughter all of her life.

943 - When the cat's away the mice will play
944 - I would take that with a pinch of salt.

Already on the list.   859 - Stop wishing your life away

"Strike while the iron is hot"...and to this very day, I use the expression..I really don't know the meaning, but I like the sound of it..If it has been already named, please excuse me

284 - Strike while the iron is hot

Iron is heated and beat on with a hammer to form it into various things. This must be done while the iron is still hot and has not cooled off. You must strike while the iron is hot. As we would use it, do it now - don't wait till it's too late.

Failure teaches success.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks

417 - It’s hard to teach old dogs new tricks.

similar

845 - The whole kit and kaboodle.
846 - Failure teaches success.


Thanks for the assist Bubble

Rammel, it is 945 and 946 

Quote from: so_P_bubble on June 27, 2016, 03:26:23 AM
Rammel, it is 945 and 946 

Right you are    Typo ----- Haste makes waste   

At least someones paying attention - Thanks

947 - One shoe/size does not fit all.
948 - He's an  empty suit.
949 - Empty barrels make the most noise.

Shrouds have no pockets

Quote from: so_P_bubble on June 30, 2016, 08:51:53 AM
Shrouds have no pockets

I'll be adding that, but what message does it carry (for my clarification - or - curious minds want to know.)

950 - Too big for his britches.
951 - Deep six it. (nautical - throw it overboard. )
952 - Shrouds have no pockets.

If that guy/gal had half a brain it would be lonely

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone

953 - If that guy/gal had half a brain it would be lonely
              If he had half a brain he would be dangerous (heard around here.)


116 - Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone

Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom

A flash in the pan...

derived from old time muskets that had a "pan" for the gunpowder that drove the bullet.  Sometimes the gunpowder would only "flash in the pan" and not drive the bullet.  Used today to mean something that started big but wasn't worth much.

954 - Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom


#133 - A flash in the pan
               Interesting source.

I thought so too, Rammel.  I've heard that expression most of my life but never knew from whence it came.  Now we all do.

Her eyes were bigger than her stomach..I found I used it just today and I'm sure it's an oldie

Her eyes were bigger than her stomach

See 287 - similar - 287 - Your eyes are too big for your belly (stomach)
                 

What can't be cured must be endured

often heard here.

955 - A rose by any other name is still a rose
956 - What can't be cured must be endured

I think that particular quote from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

Quote from: JaneS on July 08, 2016, 11:12:27 PM
I think that particular quote from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

I'll add it that way as a sub to the other way.

Anyway you look at it a rose is a beautiful thing.   

This saying has probably already been mentioned?  It's one that puzzled me as a kid, and still makes no sense to me, even though I've looked it up a couple of times over the years. 'Spain it to me someone?

"Never look a gift horse in the mouth"

Quote from: Marilyne on July 15, 2016, 11:48:22 PM
This saying has probably already been mentioned?  It's one that puzzled me as a kid, and still makes no sense to me, even though I've looked it up a couple of times over the years. 'Spain it to me someone?

"Never look a gift horse in the mouth"

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