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CosmicWeinerDog
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So the other day I was at a party, and someone said this:
"Hey look at that, It's sunny and raining. Devil must be beating his wife."
Naturally I looked at this woman as if she had just dawned a potato strainer for a hat with intention to storm the kitchen in a war like fashion.
"What? What the.... What does that even mean?!" I asked her with a great amount of confusion.
Apparently, the woman had no earthly idea. The saying was something her grandmother used to say years ago, and she just sort of picked up. Being the terribly curious person I am I proceeded to look it up:
Still makes absolutely no sense, but it did shed some light on the situation.
How about you Iwaku? You know any weird ass sayings that make you stop and think what folks were smoking way back when?
"Hey look at that, It's sunny and raining. Devil must be beating his wife."
Naturally I looked at this woman as if she had just dawned a potato strainer for a hat with intention to storm the kitchen in a war like fashion.
"What? What the.... What does that even mean?!" I asked her with a great amount of confusion.
Apparently, the woman had no earthly idea. The saying was something her grandmother used to say years ago, and she just sort of picked up. Being the terribly curious person I am I proceeded to look it up:
Saying used (especially in the southern US) when the sun is shining yet it's raining. I've been told that in Scandinavian countries they say "There's a marriage in Hades" for this, and in South America they say "The devil and his wife are dancing." (Since all version relate to the devil and his spouse, there's probably some older story that all these sayings derive from.)
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain, coming down on a sunny day? Yes, the devil is beating his wife.
Still makes absolutely no sense, but it did shed some light on the situation.
How about you Iwaku? You know any weird ass sayings that make you stop and think what folks were smoking way back when?