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ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days ago

What common sayings are actually true?

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What common sayings are actually true?

ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days ago
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  • Feydaikin@beehaw.org
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    Nothing is ever so bad it can’t get worse.

    Probably not a common saying, but it’s my saying. And it has proven true time and again.

  • sprite0@sh.itjust.works
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    all cops are bastards

    • deadcatbounce@reddthat.com
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      I’m in London. What is this cop that you speak of?

  • Zachariah@lemmy.world
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    measure twice
    cut once

    • SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca
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      hmm. I prefer to live by “I’ve cut it three times and it’s still too short”

    • AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world
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      I am an ardent believer in it, given how many times it has saved our assets at work, often to the point of annoying people. That said, I usually end up being right for insisting on more time and/or data, so it’s all good.

      However, my spoonerific brain always gets this twisted to “measure once, cut twice”.

      I unknowingly wrote this once in a comment about asking for more metrics during a design review.

      My colleague (the author of said design document) replied with the relevant metrics and a comment saying “measure never, cut forever”. :D

      • TurtleCalledCalmie@sopuli.xyz
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        measure never, cut forever

        Im stealing that xD that’s a good one

        • AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world
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          Indeed it is. :-)

          Also, your comment made me realise that I mistyped asses in my original comment!

          Going to leave it there for the sweet sweet irony. :D

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    Prevention is better than cure

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      too much prevention and maybe the cure is better.

    • Tikiporch@lemmy.world
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      An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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        This saying doesn’t work in most countries

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    If it aint broke, don’t fix it

  • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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    If it doesn’t work, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

    • MTK@lemmy.world
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      Accidentally Capitalism towards workers?

  • belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org
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    2 days ago

    Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

  • DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz
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    Crap in crap out

  • ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world
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    haste does, indeed, make waste.

  • actionjbone@sh.itjust.works
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    All those things about your mom are true.

  • Etterra@discuss.online
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    If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck.

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    It is what it is.

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    deleted by creator

  • iii@mander.xyz
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    Birds of a feather flock together

    • TheOrcWhoWrites@lemmy.world
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      Imagine a bunch of random and different birds in one flock…

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        badass burd gang found family.

        how come DreamWorks hasn’t made that movie already

        “Birds if a feather” coming soon

  • ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world
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    mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

    • Anomalocaris@lemm.ee
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      Not if i hold my breath,

      lactic acid, here I go

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      ArE

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