Results: A word to the wise
Published on 05/19/2013
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1.
1.
Which of these sayings have you heard?
Do you think the rain will hurt the rhubarb?
7%
95 votes
God willin' and the creek don't rise
28%
397 votes
You make a better door than you do a window
40%
573 votes
Were you born in a barn? Close the door behind you
53%
770 votes
Nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
18%
262 votes
I believe half of what I see and none of what I hear
31%
444 votes
Leave well enough alone
56%
807 votes
You can't get blood out of a turnip
35%
508 votes
Do I look like Bank of America?
17%
251 votes
Do you think I have a money tree out back?
41%
596 votes
Odd man out
45%
648 votes
Keep making that face & it’ll get stuck like that
53%
767 votes
Faster than a bat out of hell
48%
686 votes
I’m so poor that I don’t have a pot to pee in or a window to throw it out of
35%
500 votes
I haven't heard any of the above
11%
165 votes
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2.
Did you hear any of the above from ... A parent
59%
853 votes
A grandparent
38%
550 votes
Another family member
31%
448 votes
Someone else
37%
535 votes
Somewhere else; read it or heard it on tv or radio
24%
343 votes
Doesn't apply, never heard any of the phrases
13%
181 votes
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3.
Have you ever looked any of these sayings up for meaning or origin? Yes
12%
173 votes
No
74%
1068 votes
Not Applicable
14%
202 votes
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4.
Do you know what any of the phrases mean? Less than half
19%
269 votes
More than half
53%
770 votes
Not sure
15%
219 votes
N/A
14%
205 votes
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5.
If you heard these from your parents/grandparents, do you find yourself using them on your own kids? Yes
42%
606 votes
No
22%
320 votes
Not Applicable
36%
517 votes
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