You Know That Saying ... (T/F?)

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander...


What is good for one person ought to be good enough for anyone else.

Unless you've got serious allergies, then this most likely won't work out (I have allergies to lots of things that seem to work for geese, but not me *lol* )

Originally Posted by homoe

When the going gets tough, the tough get going............



Often, when things become difficult, people who seem weak find the strength somehow to keep going! You become tough in hard times.

I can't think of the song, but there's a song with this exact line of thought! Do you by chance know which song I'm thinking of, homoe?

Originally Posted by homoe

Winning isn't everything...


Success is not everything, what you learn in the process of becoming successful is more important.

I like this thought process a lot. There's an strand of thought that goes something like this: "Flowers do not compete with other flowers: Instead, they just bloom."

Originally Posted by homoe

You win some, you lose some, some you walk away from..........


In life, you have to expect to win and lose.

So true. Thanks for all the many ways you've added toward the body of idioms, colloquial sayings and phrase of thoughts! Some I remember, some I frequently use, and other times I've just never heard of things people say to express what's on their mind.

[homoe]

"Tighter Than Bark On A Tree"..........


A person who hangs on to their money! Someone beyond frugal! A cheapskate!

Sidebar: My train of thought is..if you have to ask how much something costs, you probably can't afford it.....stay home!

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

Unless you've got serious allergies, then this most likely won't work out (I have allergies to lots of things that seem to work for geese, but not me *lol* )

I can't think of the song, but there's a song with this exact line of thought! Do you by chance know which song I'm thinking of, homoe?

I like this thought process a lot. There's an strand of thought that goes something like this: "Flowers do not compete with other flowers: Instead, they just bloom."



So true. Thanks for all the many ways you've added toward the body of idioms, colloquial sayings and phrase of thoughts! Some I remember, some I frequently use, and other times I've just never heard of things people say to express what's on their mind.

Not sure if this is the one or not but..

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
Billy Ocean?

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

Not sure if this is the one or not but..

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
Billy Ocean?

OMG, YES!!! I tried all day to remember his name and that's it, exactly!

LOL, but homoe, what movie is it from??????

[homoe]

"not my monkeys, not my zoo".............

The origin was Polish I've been told. Basically means not my problem, does not concern me.

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

OMG, YES!!! I tried all day to remember his name and that's it, exactly!

LOL, but homoe, what movie is it from??????

Are you perhaps trying to think of the Michael Douglas film The Jewel of the Nile??

[homoe]

"Go Big or Go Home"...........


An expression to encourage the listener to be extravagant, to go all the way, and do whatever you are doing to its fullest - and not flake out.

[homoe]

“Dot the i's and cross the t's.”............


The idiom has since come to mean paying attention to every little detail. In earlier days it was meant to check over any documents carefully before signing them!

[homoe]

Raining cats and dogs.”......

In Norse mythology, the dog is associated with wind and the cat with storms. This expression means it's raining very heavily.