Proverbs are the wisdom of the street.
Thank you all for sharing your thoughts on Wednesday’s proverb post. I enjoyed reading all your thoughts and rewrites of the familiar proverbs. One that several of you chose to edit a bit was about the pesky squeaky wheel that gets the oil or grease. Some of you were ready to apply that oil or WD40 or just replace the whole thing. That early bird had some different breakfast choices too. Here are a couple of takes on that one I found online.
The early bird gets the worm, but it’s the early worm that gets caught.
The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
One of my favorites this time was Marti’s that “Where there’s a will… there’s a dramatic scene in a murder mystery.” Maybe I need to have somebody reading a will in my work in progress or it could be I should just think about the better safe than… And then make sure some of my characters rush out and don’t do that better safe to give the story a little action. 🙂
As for that rolling stone, Connie was thinking rock and roll with her rolling stone gathering a crowd while Linda was thinking about salvation and that stone rolling away to show the empty tomb.
Lisa’s advice to put your best foot forward into a pretty shoe brought a smile.
All of your rewrites were fun. Thank you for playing the “Rewrite the Proverb” game. I hope you aren’t tired of it yet. We have this and one more post to go before I pick, by random, a winner to get a choice of one of my books. Deadline to enter the giveaway is midnight EST, January 31, 2025. You must be at least 18 to play and a comment on my posts gets you an entry. You get an extra entry each time you comment on a new post like this one.
I tried to come up with a couple of less familiar proverbs along with some that are very common this time, but maybe they were just less familiar to me. Anyway, the picture I chose to go with the post is sort of for the first one that I don’t remember hearing. The picture is of my good dog Oscar a few years ago. He wasn’t a swimmer, but he did like to find a puddle to sit in whenever we were walking on a hot day.
Every path has its puddle.
Not my circus, not my monkeys.
In for a penny, in for a pound
Don’t cross your bridges before you come to them.
All work and no play make Jack a dull boy
One of these days is none of these days.
Above are the proverbs as gathered in the wisdom of the street. Now we can have some wisdom gathered by imagination.
Every path has…
Not my circus, …
In for a penny, …
Don’t cross your bridges …
All work and no play …
One of these days is …
“Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.”—W. R. Alger.
So, how do you want to rewrite any or all of these proverbs?
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Not my circus. I just feed the animals.
Every path has potential.
In for a penny because I’m cheap!
Don’t cross your bridges until you know they’ve passed inspection.
All work and no play is no fun!
One of these days is one less than two.
Every path has little offshoots that deserve notice.
One of these days I am going to dream it and do it.
All work and no play is not the motto of the squirrels in our backyard.
Don’t cross your bridges without a furry friend by your side.
Not my circus but the band will play on.
In for a penny, a price i can afford.
Every path has its tolls to pay along the way.
Thankful God is there to help us “pay them” as we go through life. Hope you have a great week, Ann! 🙂
Every path has its own surprises
Every path leads somewhere. Don’t cross your bridges if they’re under water.
Sorry. That’s all I have. It’s too early in the morning. Lol
Every path has a destination. Not my circus but that clown is my brother. In for a penny but you won’t get much. Don’t cross your bridges unless you want to be on the other side. All work and no play makes a worn out workaholic. One of these days is like any other.
Don’t cross your bridges, until you need to get to the other side.
Every path has its twists and turns.
Not my circus,…I’m more of a zoo girl.
In for a penny…doesn’t get you much ,these days.
Every path has a destination. Not my circus but that clown is my brother. In for a penny but you won’t get much. Don’t cross your bridges unless you want to be on the other side. All work and no play makes a worn out workaholic. One of these days is like any other.
Sorry..I messed up and posted twice.
Every path has a journey.