People need to help me on updating old phrases.
For example:
"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth"
This was cool back when horses were like cars and every family had one. Now, horses are generally only desired by girls and mainly in pony form. If you were given a horse nowadays, it probably wouldn't be considered a gift at all. You have to feed it and take care of its excrement and have a bunch of room for it to be in. A. K. A. total pain. So, now you have the phrase:
"Don't look a mildly annoying horse you have to take care of in the mouth"
which loses the original meaning. It is still applicable to annoying house guests, as you should not question their age so that you can get an estimate of when they will die. (That would be quite rude). However, we still need a replacement for the old phrase so we can still get the point across that you shouldn't judge the value of gifts given.
I put forth the new proverb:
"Don't look a gift beer in the label"
It doesn't matter if someone gives you crap cheap beer that college students drink, some PREMIUM beer like Hudy Delight, or beer brewed by God himself. It is a flipping gift. It has ethyl alcohol in it so you should drink it and enjoy.
If you say you drink beer for some reason other than to get drunk then you should A.) spit each sip of beer out after you have tasted it (like those wine tasting fools) B.) drink non-alcoholic beer C.) stop lying to yourself and your acquaintances and/or D.) drink methanol drinks instead and say you do not do it to get blind/die.
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