What is meaning of "Whatever goes up must always come down."?

Question

Can this refer to a person's pride?

Answer 1

Yes it can mean pride, moods, money, the list is endless



But is literally about Gravity

Answer 2

Well, it actually refers to gravity, but people use it in life to show how there is often a balance. For all the joy in life there has to be an equal amount of sadness. I guess for all the pride an equal amount of humility. It means balance in all things.

Answer 3

i dont believe religion is as big a factor as it may have been 40 yrs ago.I think society is less religious than it was then. Community activities used to be based around the chuch (at least in small town america) where today they are more based around school activities.The church i grew up going to back in the 70s has no young people the average age of the worshippers is probably 70.My parents generation are still considered the young people and they are in their 60s.

Answer 4

But who is to decide where is up and where is down. If I say that the sky is up, the person in the orbit sees it on the contrary. A person's pride has a reason or background and it goes up and down based on the up and down of the reason or background

Answer 5

What are you referring to in 'marriage and divorce catogory? Pride. Well if its pride and since 'pride' is not a physical thing it may not come down. Only physical things go up and down.

Answer 6

Before you go spreading shi..t about someone, remember it has to land somewhere.



It is a statement about Karma. In that you will reap what you sow. IE you will get your just deserts in the end. Poetic Justice



et al.



Old Guy

Answer 7

It is a very general statement that is very true.



It has both literal meaning, and it has hidden figure of speech meaning, it depends on the contacts.



You do have few good explanations.



Few Examples are:



Balloon.

Stock market fluctuations.

People's prestige.

Popularity of a person.

Answer 8

It means to be prepared b/c the ups eventually result in downs...things won't always be the same...change eventually does come; doesn't always stay but it's bound to come.

Answer 9

If some one does not respect any one and grows high, he will definitely come down in one day. thats the meaning.

Answer 10

Means someone hasn't heard about Viagra.

Answer 11

Sort of like, "All good things must come to an end".

Answer 12

it means when you hide something from somebody they must find out later on!! my om told me that so its true

Answer 13

erm, gravity happens... :D



also, life is like swings and roundabouts... and can be a rollercoaster ride...



there are ups and downs... good and bad... :D

Answer 14

This is Newton's law of gravity

Answer 15

it can relate to many things in life.

Answer 16

hello! gravity works

Answer 17

yes... and it means nothing stay the same for long