9 Famous Sayings That Don’t Mean What You Think They Mean
Think you know?
Language changes over time. As languages evolve, the meanings of words and phrases are often changed and mutilated to become famous saying we use all the time.
But what do they REALLY mean?
Common sayings are often missing parts which drastically change the meaning.
Two of my favorite examples of butchered, bastardized sayings are “Curiosity killed the cat” and “blood is thicker than water.”
Neither of these sayings means what you think they do from those few words.
The actual sayings are:
“Curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back,” saying curiosity is NOT a bad thing — and we definitely shouldn’t be warning people against learning and being curious. And “the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb,” meaning that the bonds between friends are stronger than simple genetics. After all, being related to someone by blood doesn’t mean you should give up your life and happiness for them — even though some people try to weaponize that phrase to mean exactly that.
The exact opposite of what the shorter versions of the sayings mean.
