This internet space is devoted to reflections.
We are collecting a list of sayings that use words
associated with construction. Naturally, the meanings
are universal. Please email and share with us
if you have a saying in our “genre.”
If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything
looks like a nail.
You cannot get blood out of a brick.
(PACBA’s caveat: But a falling brick on
a head can get a lot of blood out of you.)
We shape our dwellings and afterwards our dwellings
shape us.
Don't mend what ain't broken.
(PACBA’s caveat: unless you are being
paid for it).
Haste makes waste.
Home is where the heart is.
If you're in a hole, stop digging.
It's never too late to mend.
Kill two birds with one stone.
Knock and the door will be opened unto you.
-- Matthew 7:7
Measure twice, cut once.
A jack of all trades is master of none.
A man's home is his castle
Better safe than sorry.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish, and you lose a steady customer.
Knock on wood.
Be friendly with your kids, they choose your
home when you are old!
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