27 Sayings of Australian Origin

1. "One man's meat is another man's poison." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "Out in the bush, the tarred road always ends just after the house of the local mayor." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "A bad worker blames his tools." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "The more you know, the less you need." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "The bigger the hat, the smaller the property." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "One nation, one people, one destiny." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "God helps those who help themselves." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love, and then we return home." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "The flounder does not return to the place he left when disturbed." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "Dog must not steal from dog." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "Blood is thicker than water." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "You might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "Don't blow your own trumpet." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "None as deaf as those who would not hear." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "In the planting season visitors come singly, and in harvest time they come in crowds." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "This land shall be inhabited." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "Half a loaf is better than none." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "If you catch a man, throw him back!" (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "Once bitten, twice shy." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "Those who lose dreaming are lost." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "It's like the axe that's had two new blades and three new handles but otherwise is just as it was when grandfather bought it." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "May as well be here we are as where we are." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "The clash of ideas brings forth the spark of truth." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "Women! Australia needs you too!" (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "Australia, land of tomorrow." (Australian Sayings) Click to tweet