What is the meaing of "be careful what you wish for because you might get it all"????
Because what we want at one time might not be what is meant to be. What we want for one day will not be something we want later on in life. It's difficult to explain, but not really that hard to understand... Maybe I just have a hard time explaining because I'm only a teenager?
"Be careful what you wish for"?
Yes and the reverse is also true. I wished for something, I didn't get it and I was VERY thankful that I didn't get it later on.
"be careful what you wish for"?
you know if you made a wish saying..I wish I was the richest person in the world..it would be a problem because u have sooo much money and bill and get overwelmed and go bankrupt..and what if u say I wish I had a rich boyfriend..he can be rich but mean,nasty,and abusive..so be carful what u wish for!! BEST ANSWER!
"Be careful what you wish for, because it might just come true" ?
i haven't read The Natural of the other ones but i read Frankenstein and it relates to the doctor because he always wanted to create a human being that would be super strong and that would be his friend so he always wished for this until he created it but when he saw how it looked like he got horrified and started regretting what he did. im interested in reading the other books u mention. sorry i wasn't much help
Where did the phrase "Be careful what you wish for" come from?
It goes back to ancient Greek tales, and jokes of the gods. Hundreds of stories where the wisher gets what they asked for, but in some way which makes it a disaster. The classic might be King Midas, granted the ability to turn everything he touched into gold. Which delighted him unitl he sat down for a celebratory feast. In a less ancient setting, the grisly tale of "The Monkey's paw" (complete with your reference quotation!) The moral can be the cruelty of the gods or the fates, or the folly of the greedy, or simply that some desires are better left unfulfilled.
What was your 'be careful what you wish for' moment?
Back when I was in high school, almost every time I wished for something and wanted it badly, it happened eventually, but there was always a catch;I wished we’d move closer to my school and we moved… to a really loud neighborhood that I occasionally had trouble sleeping.I wanted to have a boyfriend and I had my first boyfriend, and he was a really nice guy… But he called me all the time and whenever I wasn’t able to meet up or something, he’s insist and he’d never stop, and he was convinced he was in love with me from the second date and I was one of those people who simply could never say “no” or “hurt” someone so it was a nightmare.I had been very shy before and switched schools a lot so I never had a best friend and guess what, I had my best friend in high school, she’d be nice when we’re alone and she was the first person I got along with because I was too different… But she turned out to be a pathological liar and a very shallow person and eventually she started to enjoy insulting me in public ( I ended up confronting her about it and well 6 years later, she’s changed and we’re good friends)I wished that my parents would pay more attention to me when I was in primary school and later at some point they became too involved in my life (they kind of still are)I’m not sorry that any of this happened, now I know most things in life are overrated and that good things come when you least expect them, and therefore I’m always grateful for what I have and I try to live for the day
I need an idiom like "be careful what you wish for"?
Do you really need an idiom to say that? It sounds like you are trying to tell him something you are afraid of saying outright, and in most cases, it is better to either say it plain, or not say anything. It depends on what kind of person the boss is. The whole point of having a team is to have different opinions. If your boss does not understand that, no idiom is going to help him. If he just wants yes-sayers, why not just go down to the mail room and bring up whoever is available, instruct them to say yes to whatever he says, and be done with it? But yes, pointing out to someone that they are acting like idiots seldom have the desired effect. That holds especially true for people who not only act like idiots, but also in fact are idiots. I'm constantly amazed at how often they are in positions of leadership. Leading a horse to water, in this case, would be to make him understand that by pushing these people away, he risks losing them, and also that that would be a bad thing. I would say something like: Are you sure you want Bob to leave? He is a very resourceful and valued employee. That is a hint in and of itself. As it is vague, he will stop and think a minute. He may ask you to clarify, and say that he does not want Bob to leave the company, and then you can simply say that you meant leave the committee. The message is already delivered.