Flower Friday…

I spent ages yesterday listing all the sayings, idioms or indeed words that I have blipped the origin of so hopefully I won’t duplicate any more. Which is more than I can say about my photographs. Apparently my 4,000th blip is on the horizon so I better make a bit of effort to get a half decent pic.
Meanwhile my saying today is ‘a round peg in a square hole’.
The saying "a square peg in a round hole" originated in the early 19th century, around 1804-1806, with British clergyman and writer Sydney Smith. He used the metaphor in a series of lectures on moral philosophy to describe individuals who don't fit the mould of their society or the roles they are expected to fill. 

Smith's lectures, titled "On the Conduct of the Understanding" and delivered at the Royal Institution, used the analogy of different shaped pegs and holes on a table to illustrate how people rarely perfectly match their roles in life. He noted that triangular people might end up in square holes, oblongs in triangles, and square people in round holes. The Oxford English Dictionary's earliest citation of the phrase is from 1837. 

The phrase "a square peg in a round hole" is commonly used to describe someone who is not suited for a particular job, situation, or environment. It highlights a mismatch between the person and their circumstances, emphasising a lack of compatibility. 

While the phrase "a square peg in a round hole" is more common, the phrase "a round peg in a square hole" is also used to convey the same idea of a misfit. Both phrases emphasise the difficulty of fitting something or someone into an unsuitable environment or role.