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Old sayings with a theme

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nanna8 Mon 18-Dec-23 08:00:03

Say the first one is, ‘cloud’ you could have
‘Every cloud has a silver lining’

How about ‘money’ to start with?

Gwyllt Tue 26-Dec-23 09:31:23

Always look on the bright side of life

BRIGHT

Juliet27 Tue 26-Dec-23 10:06:40

Bright as a button

BUTTON

MrsKen33 Tue 26-Dec-23 13:51:51

Right on the button.

Right

AGAA4 Tue 26-Dec-23 19:51:51

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Two

65KL Tue 26-Dec-23 20:00:06

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

HAND

Gwyllt Tue 26-Dec-23 23:37:15

To know like the back of your hand

BACK

MrsKen33 Wed 27-Dec-23 01:22:11

Back to square one.

One

nanna8 Wed 27-Dec-23 06:32:58

Seen one, seen 'em all !

All

Juliet27 Wed 27-Dec-23 07:34:55

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

BASKET

65KL Fri 29-Dec-23 00:28:05

If you keep missing , get closer to the basket

Close

Gwyllt Fri 29-Dec-23 08:02:13

That was a close call

CALL

BlueBelle Fri 29-Dec-23 08:17:34

The call of nature

NATURE

Grandyma Fri 29-Dec-23 13:24:26

The Nature of the Beast

BEAST

Bella23 Fri 29-Dec-23 14:24:10

The Beast from the East.

east

Mollygo Fri 29-Dec-23 14:55:45

East West home’s best

Home

Gwyllt Fri 29-Dec-23 15:18:34

All the produce on the table was home grown

TABLE

crazyH Fri 29-Dec-23 15:25:43

Table top sale

SALE

Bella23 Fri 29-Dec-23 15:39:32

Closing down sale.

Closing

MrsKen33 Fri 29-Dec-23 16:08:10

Sometimes we stare too long at a door that is closing, so we fail to see the one opening .

fail

AGAA4 Fri 29-Dec-23 16:30:29

You never fail until you stop trying

Never

Baggs Fri 29-Dec-23 16:37:54

Never say die.

Die

The die is cast.

Cast

Thought it might be better left on cast 😬

MrsKen33 Fri 29-Dec-23 19:41:39

Cast pearls before swine

Pearls

AGAA4 Fri 29-Dec-23 19:44:15

Pearls for tears.

Tears

Bella23 Fri 29-Dec-23 19:52:55

It will all end in tears.

End

crazyH Fri 29-Dec-23 21:05:53

Is this the end of the line ?

LINE

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