Folk Sayings! Bits of Wisdom !

America, a melting pot of many cultures, has many different folk sayings. These spoken phrases were used to educate, to teach behavior and pass wisdom down from one generation to the next.
I remember when I was very young and asked my father could I go to a friend's house to play and he answered "not enough to tell it," ( No! ) Another saying used in my family was when food was about to spoil, "that is about to go off."  
Here are a few of folk sayings.  You may be surprised at how many you have heard  and some are still used today. 

• Don’t jump out of the frying pan into the fire.
• Ah shucks, cows eat shucks.
• Waste not, want not.
• If you mess with fire you will get burned.
• Waste makes want.
• Early bird gets the worm.
• Early to bed, early to rise will make you healthy, wealthy and wise.
• You look peaked.
• A good man is worth his salt.
• Not worth six bits with a hole in it.
• Not worth two hoots in a hollow.
• That is a left handed complement.
• Left foot of fellowship.
• As quick as a wink.
• Let sleeping dogs lie.
• You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
• Straight as an arrow.
• Crooked as a snake.
• He is a snake in the grass.
• He speaks with a forked tongue.
• The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
• Can’t never could do anything.
• Eating high on the hog.
• Use it or lose it.
• He is still wet behind the ears.
• A fool and his money are soon parted.
• He is not worth a hoot and a hollow.
• He knows which side his bread is buttered on.
• Not worth a hill of beans.
• He wouldn’t hit a lick at a  snake.
• Time waits for no man.
• He has got ants in his pants.
• Idle mind is the devils work shop.
• Keep your nose to the grind stone.
• You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar.
• You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear.
• One brick shy of a load.
• Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
• He has lost all his marbles.
• He came through smelling like a rose.
• He was drunk as a skunk.
• A watched pot never boils.
• Loose lips sink ships.
• The grass always looks greener on the other side.
• Beggars can’t be choosey.
• Flat as a fritter.
• Fast  as lighting.
• A flash in a pan.
• If the shoe fits, wear it.
• Won it hands down.
• Don’t kill the goose that laid the golden egg.
• Shake a leg.
• Rolling stones gather no moss.
• Clothes make a man.
• Every cloud has a silver lining.
• Don’t cry over spilled milk.
• Last one there is a rotten egg.
• One good turn deserves another.
• If you lay down with dogs you will rise up with fleas.
• A soft answer turns away wrath.
• Be sure your sins will find you out.
• Too many irons in the fire.
• More than you can shake a stick at.
• Get your ducks in a row.
• Come on slowpoke.
• The hurried I go the be hinder I get.
• Put your best foot forward.
• Don’t be too quick on the draw.
• That is the straw that broke the camel’s back.
• I’ve come to the end of my rope.
• He talks as smooth as butter.
• Knife so dull it wont cut hot butter.
• He who hesitates is last.
• Good management is better than good income.
• A penny saved is a penny earned.
• Idleness rusts the mind.
• A man is judged by the company he keeps.
• A friend to everyone is a friend to nobody.
• A clean conscience makes a soft pillow.
• A good deed is never lost.
• A false friend and a shadow stay only while the sun shines.
• A false friend is worse than an open enemy.
• A good neighbor, a found treasure!
• A person who gets wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package.
• A dollar waiting on a dime.
• Turn your hat around.