There are a number of phrases that we use in our everyday speech
that have, in fact,
been shortened from their original forms.
And by shortening those phrases,
we have completely changed their meanings.
So I have several examples here that I have compiled,
and I hope that everyone shall find the. The.
is to be most enlightening.
Hmm. First,
the free. We have the phrase room wasn’t built in a day.
People use that phrase. They use it to mean that perfection takes time,
that you can’t have instant results,
you can’t instantly have a masterpiece.
You need to take time and effort to slowly build your way up
in order to create something magnificent,
something monumental. But the full phrase is actually,
home wasn’t built in a day,
but it burned in one.
And that phrase means that something that can take hours,
days, or even years of work and effort can be destroyed in instant.
Is much easier to destroy than it is to create.
So another phrase we have here is,
birds of a feather stick together.
When people use that phrase
to say that people who have similar interests
or similar views and personalities
have a tendency to form connections,
to congregate together. But the full phrase is actually,
birds of a feather stick together until the cat comes.
And that phrase is a warning against fair weather friends.
It is a cautionary tale, a piece of advice to people to be wary.
Of those who seem to be a close companion or ally,
but who abandon you at the slightest sign of difficulty.
And while we are discussing cats,
we’ve all heard the phrase curiosity killed the cat,
which is a cautionary tale to people to,
you know, to not be too curious,
not step outside your boundaries,
or to just stick with what is comfortable and familiar and safe.
But the full phrase is, curiosity killed the cat,
but satisfaction brought it back.
And what that phrase means is that
as much as it may pain someone to not know something.
Wait, that what?
That phrase means
that it may be difficult and a strenuous process to acquire knowledge,
but it is better to go through the difficulty of acquiring knowledge
rather than remaining ignorant.
Yes, so at least that is how I interpret it.
Now, another phrase has been shortened from its original friend form
is blood is thicker than water.
Most people use that phrase to mean that familial ties and bonds
are the most important relationships,
much more so important than complete strangers
or people who are not your family.
But the full phrase is actually,
the blood of battle is thicker than the water of the womb.
What that means is that the relationship that you choose to form are
in fact stronger relationships that you have that are not your choice.
Although I will admit I’m not certain how I feel about that,
being that I Value my own family very greatly.
But of course, other people may have their own views on the matter.
And now there’s the phrase great minds think alike, which,
you know, I get. Perhaps,
I believe, is used to indicate that if two people have a similar idea,
they both. They both must be highly intelligent
or perhaps like that. But the full phrase actually is,
great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ.
And I actually am not entirely sure on that one,
but I think it means to say that people just
immediately agree with each other
without questioning. Without questioning what you’re going to say that.
That maybe it may be an implication that
perhaps they may not be quite as intelligent
or wise as they might think themselves to be.
Then there’s the phrase, the customer is always right,
which implies that the customer,
it will. Exactly what it says.
The customer always has the final say over the person selling a good
or providing a service. But actually,
the full phrase is, the customer is always right in matters of taste,
which means that for example, if.
If. If a vendor is selling
and for you something outraged about layers
that most people in their right mind would never wish to purchase,
like a bizarre or wild costume or clothing item,
but if a customer purchase that cut,
that item, they are.
They have the right to a. That the customers can.
Can purchase any Items they wish,
whatever. Yeah,
so I believe me. So yeah.
Doesn’t mean
that the customer can harass the person providing the goods
or service.
It just means that the customer is allowed to purchase what they like,
and they’re allowed to have their own choice taste and fashion.
Then finally there’s one or phrase made her the phrase my country,
right or wrong, which means
that someone should always be undyingly loyal to their country.
But the full phrase actually is my country,
right or wrong? If right,
to be kept right, if wrong,
to be made right.
So what that means is that a person should be loyal to their country,
but.
But not if their country is there’s something wrong with their country.
If there’s something wrong with their country
is the responsibility of the citizen to correct that wrong.
Yes, it’s rather than being blindly patriotic.
So you you will notice that in the majority of these phrases
that cutting them in half,
shortening them basically complete your verses their meaning.
So I hope everyone here found this to be most enlightening.
I hope everyone here, and it is,
is grateful to. Yes,
I hope everyone here found
found this most interesting to learn these full phrases.