If given as a gift, tin can represent a cheap offering of little monetary value The tin cup is the beggar’s tool, and the Tin Man is hollow and doesn’t have a heart. [1]
2. Adversity, often in business.
3. Use caution bringing social relationships into personal or business financial matters. [2]
2. Lip service;
3. Refining. (Isa. 1:25. [4]
buying: wil raise your own financial position.
ear: don’t hear what you don’t wish to.
of: people are talking behind your back.
of a tinker: do not meddle in the affairs of friends, or you wil have to explain your actions.
mending kettles and pans: wil repair aspersions to your character.
being unable to mend: wil have a vigorous mind.
selling: test friends before trusting them.
shining, objects: wil accept untrue friends as good friends.
working with: don’t lend money too freely. [10]