Talk:the cow knows the worth of its tail before it loses it

RFV discussion: August 2017
I’ll be sad if this illogical, misspelt proverb passes. — Ungoliant (falai) 16:48, 26 August 2017 (UTC)


 * I have moved it to the correct spelling ("its" not "it's"). Equinox ◑ 17:07, 26 August 2017 (UTC)


 * The entry is garbled. The proverb is "A cow does not know the worth of its tail until it's taken away from it." See this. However, that is the only citation I can find. Kiwima (talk) 23:21, 26 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Only have this quotation from this book, EAS 9789674078126, Advanced Idioms and Proverbs by EPH


 * 1) *2015, Advanced Idioms and Proverbs, EAS 9789674078126
 * "Now that his father has passed on, she regrets not spending more time with him. The cow knows not the worth of its tail till it loses it.--TNMPChannel (talk) 00:58, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Already moved the page--TNMPChannel (talk) 00:58, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved to the cow knows not the worth of its tail till it loses it. If anyone wants to rfv the new version, feel free, but this one no longer exists. . It's been obvious for a while that you've been paraphrasing sayings from some source, and that you don't understand the material you're working with. This just confirms it. An English dictionary isn't the place to try out your English skills- the quality of your work so far has ranged from mediocre to downright awful. In this case, leaving out the word "not" reversed the meaning and turned it into complete nonsense- and I'm not sure you would have noticed the difference if it hadn't been pointed out to you. Chuck Entz (talk) 04:47, 27 August 2017 (UTC)