What does the quote if wishes were horses beggars would ride mean?
If one could readily have what one wanted, life would be easy. For example, Wendy would love a brand-new car for her sixteenth birthday but—if wishes were horses. This expression is a shortening of If wishes were horses, beggars would ride, first recorded about 1628 in a collection of Scottish proverbs.
What is the rest of the saying if wishes were fishes?
Catherine Johnson of Oklahoma City recalls the quotation as: “If wishes were fishes, we would have some to fry.” K.C. Jones says when someone would wish for something, it used to be cute to reply: “And if wishes were fishes we’d have some fried; And if wishes were horses, beggars might ride.”
Who first said if wishes were horses?
James Carmichael’s
Who said if wishes were horses?
The first known reference to this saying is in Proverbs in Scots, collected and arranged by James Carmichaell: And wishes were horses pure [poor] men wald ryde.
What does Never look a gift horse in the mouth mean?
: to look in a critical way at something that has been given to one I noticed the guitar wasn’t made of real wood, but I didn’t say anything because you shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
Why would you look a gift horse in the mouth?
The saying “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” means that you shouldn’t criticize a gift, even if you don’t like it very much. A gift horse, in other words, is a gift. The idiom itself probably stems from the practice of determining a horse’s age from looking at its teeth.
What are the oldest human remains in America?
the Arlington Springs Man
What’s the oldest man made artifact ever found?
Lomekwi 3 is the name of an archaeological site in Kenya where ancient stone tools have been discovered dating to 3.3 million years ago, which make them the oldest ever found.
Who were the first humans in America?
The earliest populations in the Americas, before roughly 10,000 years ago, are known as Paleo-Indians.