'Two heads are better than one', they say, <br />As long as you both agree, <br />And 'Too many cooks can spoil the broth', <br />If they argue incessantly. <br /> <br />You can be as 'Cool as a cucumber', <br />Just because you're perfectly composed, <br />And after that you can 'Sleep like a top', <br />If you were motionless whilst you dozed. <br /> <br />'Tomorrow never comes', you know, <br />If you don't do what's needed today, <br />And 'Look before you leap', because, <br />In the end you may have to pay. <br /> <br />You can even get 'One's back up', <br />But try not to irritate, <br />And 'Cuckoo oats and woodcock hay', <br />Means that spring has come too late. <br /> <br />A 'Cat can look at a king', so see <br />That I am as good as you, <br />And I can be 'Betwixt and between', <br />Somewhere between the two. <br /> <br />One can also 'Beat about the bush', <br />Not coming straight to the matter in hand, <br />And I too can 'Fall upon my feet', <br />As long as I softly land. <br /> <br />'Least said the soonest mended', <br />Can only make things worse, <br />And if you buy a 'Pig in a poke', <br />You'll end up with an empty purse. <br /> <br />So if I say 'Sew the button on', <br />Then write down what you need to remember, <br />And lastly, if you were to 'Hold the fort', <br />You would become a great defender. <br /> <br />© Ernestine Northover<br /><br />Ernestine Northover<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/saying-this/
