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Marry
in haste,repent at leisure.
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If you don't take time to get to know your future spouse,and it all goes wrong,you'll have the rest of your life to regret it.This also applies to any situation where one rushes in without due caution. Sent in By George Jarrold |
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Mind your P's and Q's. |
In
English pubs in days of old, ale was ordered by Pints and Quarts. So
when the customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind
their own pints and quarts and settle down. So that's were we get the
saying from.
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Posh.
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Posh stands for 'Port Outwards, Starboard Home' and comes from the old Empire days when people travelled between the UK and India via the Mediterranean and Suez. The most expensive cabins were the ones that faced North and avoided at least some of the heat and sun.
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Money
for old rope.
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This
saying originates from the days of public hangings. It was a perk of
the hangman to keep the rope used to hang his 'customer'. The rope,
however was popular with the crowds, so the hangman used to cut the
rope up into peices and sell them.
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Pig
in a poke.
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'Pig in a poke' derives from the days when people would buy their produce from a market stall and sometimes they would buy a pig in a cloth bag called a poke, which would turn out to be something else entirely therefore you should never buy it, as you dont know what to expect. Some traders would put a cat in the poke which gives rise to the other saying ' letting the cat out of the bag'.
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Never
be more Catholic than the Pope.
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This means never be cleverer or more conscientious than the boss;he'll feel insecure and try to undermine you. Sent in By George Jarrold |
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