Who knew this about phrases?

Have you ever wondered about the origin of the phrases we use every day?

Phrases such as ‘curiosity killed the cat’ and ‘blood is thicker than water’. I never wondered about it, until I read a post on Facebook about the meanings of the phrases. I would like to share them with you.

‘Curiosity killed the cat’ is actually not the full phrase; it should read ‘curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back’. So don’t let anybody tell you not to be curious.

‘Blood is thicker than water’ should actually read: ‘The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb’, meaning that relationships formed by choice are stronger than those formed by birth.

Let’s not forget that ‘Jack of all traders, master of none’, should end with ‘but better than master of none’. It means that being equally good or average at everything is much better than being perfect at one thing and being unable to do anything else. So, it’s okay if you are not perfect at something, being okay is better. Who knew?

Also, ‘great minds think alike’ should end with ‘but fools never differ’. It goes to show that conformity is not always a good thing and just because more than one person has the same idea, it doesn’t necessarily mean it is a good idea.

An actual warning about fair-weather friends and not an assessment of how complementary people are, should read, ‘Bird of a feather, flock together’, but it should end with ‘until the cat comes’.

Other incomplete phrases are, ‘The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese’.

Does it really matter if phrases are used incomplete?

What do you think?

Until next week, take care of one another.