You can run. But, you'll only die tired. Or, still on running.. "You can't outrun a Motorola". (Ellwood Blues)
"Why can't you be righteous and hopeful for a change?" Or my all time favourite... "hey, I only ride em. I don't know what makes em work."
Rain is made of water, not olive oil. Me shortly before a visit to casualty (ER to our American readers).
Our first landlady (nearly 50 years ago), an old friend of my mother-in-law, was a hard-drinking, hard-working, no nonsense woman with a heart of gold. She took up racing (cars) in her late fifties because her doctor wouldn't sign her off for sky diving (her preferred option). Her saying was: "Allow everyone you meet three faults, and you'll find they're all perfect." I do try to live by this - though it often means I end up with friends/hangers-on that no one else will put up with.
I didn't understand either. However, water is one of the necessities of life, especially when it is the main constituent of alcoholic and caffeine laden drinks. Even in its purest form it sustains life and can therefore be classed as useful. Olive oil on the other hand, to me at least, tastes bloody awful! And why would you want to ingest such a foul liquid which is, in my experience, only good for softening ear wax and thereby unblocking one's ears?? Just thinking out loud!
From my Granddad “ getting old ain’t for wimps” From my Dad “ You don’t want to work for too high an hourly rate, if you did you couldn’t afford to take a day off” The one I use at work when we’re trying to figure out what to do “ it doesn’t matter what we do, it’s not going to work out anyway “
One that I liked to use at work when a few of us were working on a plan was the mixed metaphor "we'll burn that bridge when we get to it".
I knew you was a feckin’ retard! It is a saying for explaining to wimps & retards that riding in the rain doesn’t mean you’re gonna crash, it’s only water not feckin’ olive oil, so you can still make progress
Unless you’re on British roads when it’s most likely water on top of diesel, on top of crumbling tarmac.