Timeline for English equivalent of the Kannada proverb "a poor man's anger only hurts his jaw"
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| Dec 22, 2022 at 16:45 | history | edited | Barmar | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 4, 2013 at 19:18 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Kristina: Longevity in parents is an attribute much to be desired, so I'm sorry to hear you lucked out there. Even if you don't enjoy their company, you can always take heart from the genetic link implying you might live to a ripe old age. Anyway, you've rattled my cage enough to make me realise I completely ignored OP's "poor", so I've added another contribution advising us poor disadvantaged folk to sing and make light of our woes, rather than get too worked up about what's effectively a "law of nature". | |
| Feb 4, 2013 at 19:13 | history | edited | FumbleFingers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 4, 2013 at 19:08 | comment | added | Kristina Lopez | You'll notice I didn't say I applied that expression to myself - but I'm more a sudden thunderstorm than a long-brewing storm anyway. :-) (If my Dad were still with us I'd do the same as you!) | |
| Feb 4, 2013 at 19:02 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Kristina: I did say the advice may be given for various reasons! That somewhat morbid implication doesn't normally occur to me, even though I'm often castigated for drinking with my nonagenarian father on the few times a year I see him, and we do sometimes talk/argue loudly far into the night. In consequence of which I'm invariably tasked with "prodding" him in the morning to make sure he hasn't expired overnight. But I did notice several links making that point in the results of my first search above. Me & my pa say eat, drink, and be merry, and don't dwell on the next line! | |
| Feb 4, 2013 at 18:49 | comment | added | Kristina Lopez | I thought that was to protect one from life-long guilt in case the object of one's anger dies overnight. ;-) | |
| Feb 4, 2013 at 14:52 | history | answered | FumbleFingers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |