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PROVERB

IF WISHES WERE HORSES, THEN BEGGARS WOULD RIDE.

Submitter comment: THIS MEANS WISHING FOR SOMETHING NEVER DOES ANY GOOD.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 02-23-1972

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