Showing posts with label sayings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sayings. Show all posts

Wednesday, 4 January 2017

itchy feet

so this is another example of a well known saying

Meaning: If you have itchy feet, you feel the need to go somewhere different or do something different.

and it sums up exactly how ive been feeling for the last couple of months 
Image result for obviously emoticon( job front I'm referring to ......not my private life !!! )
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But as usual I thought...  ( yes I know thinking is probably not my strongest point ) 

' I could run before I could walk '  

Idiom Definitions for 'Run before you can walk'


If someone tries to run before they can walk, they try to do something requiring a high level of knowledge before they have learned the basics.
Yep that sounds about right....I think I should of checked out what i needed for these jobs before I handed my notice in....cus it looks like I needed more experience than what i have !!!!  Image result for hands over eyes monkey emoji
Yep that just about sums me up ...... a monkey !!!!
so most of the companies that have contacted me, ref my application...
'Yes you sound ideal....just the type of person we are looking for...but we need someone with more experience, you need to get in with a company that has experienced staff so as you can learn from them'
Yep thank you.....thats what I'm trying to do ....
And there was no way I was ever going to develop my skills in my previous employment....
Oh well onwards and upwards....Image result for confused smiley

Monday, 26 December 2016

so ...as they say...lets get back to brass tacks

Funny isnt it that as youngsters we are bought up with many different sayings....
And as you would expect we take them as gospel and know exactly what they mean  ( well we know what our parents/families mean when they say them!)....so to my blog

The saying ' Lets get back to brass tacks' came to mind when i was about to blog today...
And then it crossed my mind that just maybe it didnt mean what I thought it did Image result for shocked smiley  so I thought I better check first
Brass tacks are a type of pin or nail, sometimes called a drawing pin. In colloquial English, the phrase to get down to brass tacks is an idiom that means to focus on essential details, such as measuring out the precise amount of an item for sale.

Brass Tacks - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Tacks

So there you have it....lol

And funnily enough that wasnt even what my blog was 

about.....I was scanning my emails for any suitable jobs

which I could apply for and checking my cv etc

and as they say...i thought yep


' time to get back to brass tacks'          wish me luck.......