Canadian Sayings: 1,200 Folk Sayings Used by Canadians
Folk sayings are passed by word of mouth in communities where life and work are shared, and Bill Casselman has collected 1,000 absolute beauties in this all new edition.
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Folk sayings are passed by word of mouth in communities where life and work are shared, and Bill Casselman has collected 1,000 absolute beauties in this all new edition.
DedicationvPrefacexvii1,000 Canadian Sayings Arranged in 240 Categories1.Abuse12.Agreement13.All Is Well14.All Is Not Well25.Anger36.Animals: Farm, Domestic & Wild57.Anonymity68.Annoyance79.Appearance710.Approval911.Bad Aim912.Bad Luck1013.Bad Mood1114.Baldness1215.Beauty1216.Blabbermouths1217.Bodily Faults1318.Bodily Sensations1419.Boondocks1420.Boorishness1621.Boredom1622.Bragging1623.Bravery1624.Breadth1725.Bumpkins1726.Burping1727.Busybodies1828.Calming Down1829.Canadiana2030.Canadiana by Foreigners2531.Caution2632.Celebration & Partying2733.Chance2734.Cheap Goods2835.Cheekiness2936.Children2937.Chutzpah3438.Clumsiness3539.Complaint3640.Confusion3641.Consequences3742.Cosmetics3743.Cowardice3744.Craziness3745.Crime3946.Criticism4047.Crooks & Sleazoids4048.Crowding4149.Cursing4150.Dating4151.Death4152.Defecation & Urination4253.Demonstration4654.Difficulty4655.Disagreement4756.Disaster Control4757.Discretion4758.Dishonesty4759.Dismissal4860.Distance5061.Distrust5062.Don't touch!5163.Dress5164.Drinking Alcohol5265.Drugs5366.Ease5367.Eccentricity5468.Embarrassment5469.Embezzlement5470.Encouragement5471.Equanimity5572.Ethics5573.Evil5574.Exaggeration5575.Excellence5676.Exclamations5677.Excuses5678.Family5779.Farewells5780.Farming5781.Fatness5882.Fear5983.Feet6084.Female Beauty from a Male Chauvinist Perspective6085.Fighting6086.Fitness6187.Flatulence6188.Food & Cooking6389.Foolishness6890.Forgetfulness6891.Freckles6892.Friends6993.Fussiness6994.Futility6995.Gait6996.Gambling7097.Getting with the Program7098.Gist, Nub, Crux7099.Glibness70100.Gluttony70101.Go with the Flow71102.Good Luck71103.Grandchildren71104.Greetings71105.Hair72106.Happiness72107.Haste73108.Hatred74109.Hats74110.Heat & Warmth75111.Helping75112.Hospitality75113.Hunger76114.Hunting76115.Identification77116.Ignorance77117.Illness78118.Impossibility78119.Inaccuracy78120.Inbreeding, Avoidance of78121.Incompetence79122.Incredulity80123.Indecisiveness80124.Intelligence81125.Johnny-Come-Lately81126.Joy of Life81127.Language Mix-ups82128.Laughter82129.Laziness82130.Leadership83131.Liars83132.Living within One's Means85133.Losing85134.Lost & Found85135.Love85136.Machismo87137.Marriage87138.Meanness88139.Medical Muddle88140.Menstruation89141.Messiness89142.Military Slang90143.Miscellany90144.Mistakes92145.Mothers92146.Naivete93147.Nakedness93148.Neatness93149.Never94150.No Is the Answer94151.Noise95152.Nose-picking95153.Obviousness95154.Old Age96155.Old-fashionedness97156.Opportunity97157.Pessimism97158.Pests98159.Pets98160.Physical Fitness98161.Police98162.Pollution99163.Pouting99164.Poverty100165.Premature Judgement101166.Preparation102167.Priorities102168.Promises102169.Protesting103170.Public Speaking & Performing103171.Punishment103172.Railways103173.Rashness103174.Readiness104175.Reality Check104176.Recklessness104177.Religion104178.Restraint105179.Rumour105180.Sadness105181.School105182.Self-pity105183.Sex106184.Shopping112185.Shortness112186.Skepticism113187.Sleeping113188.Slowness114189.Smallness114190.Smoking115191.Sneakiness115192.Snobbery116193.Speaking Properly117194.Spelling Reversal118195.Spitefulness119196.Spitting Image119197.Sports119198.Stinginess120199.Strangers121200.Strength & Toughness121201.Struggle121202.Stubbornness121203.Stupidity122204.Sunburn126205.Surprise126206.Talent127207.Tallness127208.Teamwork127209.Tedium128210.Teeth128211.Tenacity128212.Theft128213.Thinness129214.Thirst129215.Threats130216.Time133217.Tools & Implements133218.Transportation135219.Travel136220.Trial & Error137221.Ugliness138222.Uncertainty of Life140223.Unconcern140224.Unemployment140225.Unpleasantness140226.Uselessness141227.Vindictiveness143228.Vomiting143229.Wanderlust144230.War144231.Wasting Time144232.Weakness145233.Wealth145234.Weather146235.Welcome153236.Wise in the Ways of the World153237.Wishing153238.Work154239.Yes Is the Answer158240.The End158A Final Reminder to the Reader161
