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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?

Grandyma Fri 12-Jan-24 18:48:45

Bit of a slow burner

Grandyma Fri 12-Jan-24 18:49:27

Sorry 🤦🏻‍♀️

Slow

Grannmarie Fri 12-Jan-24 18:51:06

Slow and steady wins the race.
Win.

AGAA4 Fri 12-Jan-24 19:36:32

It isn't if you win or lose but how you play the game.

Game

JamesandJon33 Fri 12-Jan-24 19:44:00

That’s a game that two can play.

Two

Taylor2016 Fri 12-Jan-24 20:47:14

Two peas in a pod

Pod

biglouis Sat 13-Jan-24 14:22:00

Open the pod bay doors (from 2001 Space Odyssey)

Open

JamesandJon33 Sat 13-Jan-24 14:24:37

She was an open book

Book

Taylor2016 Sat 13-Jan-24 16:22:09

You can’t judge a book by it’s cover

Judge

AGAA4 Sat 13-Jan-24 16:31:38

Judge not lest ye be judged.

Not

Grannmarie Sat 13-Jan-24 16:52:23

There's not a pocket in a shroud.
Pocket.

PestyOne Sat 13-Jan-24 20:19:27

Empty pockets never held anyone back - Only empty hearts & heads can do that.

Heart

Grandyma Sat 13-Jan-24 22:00:14

Cold hands, warm heart

Warm

biglouis Sat 13-Jan-24 23:45:30

Happiness is a warm gun

Happiness/happy

Gwyllt Sun 14-Jan-24 12:17:31

Happy as a sand boy

Sand

biglouis Sun 14-Jan-24 13:13:24

Sand in my shoes

Shoes/shoe

AGAA4 Sun 14-Jan-24 13:45:59

Put yourself in someone else's shoes.

Put

Mollygo Sun 14-Jan-24 14:09:09

The sands of time run slowly

Slowly

pascal30 Sun 14-Jan-24 14:16:05

slowly but surely

but

JamesandJon33 Sun 14-Jan-24 15:44:18

Down but not out.

Down

Gwyllt Sun 14-Jan-24 15:47:12

Down to earth

Earth

Taylor2016 Sun 14-Jan-24 16:51:42

Down to earth

Down

crazyH Sun 14-Jan-24 18:53:48

What goes up must come down

UP

JamesandJon33 Sun 14-Jan-24 18:59:37

Don’t be afraid to give up the good, to go for the great

Afraid

Grandyma Sun 14-Jan-24 19:07:31

Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf

Bad

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