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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?

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Gwyllt Mon 29-Jan-24 22:24:15

Burn the candle at both ends

Candle

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Taylor2016 Mon 29-Jan-24 22:28:22

To light a candle is to cast a shadow.

Shadow

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Gwyllt Mon 29-Jan-24 23:27:58

Without a shadow of a doubt

Doubt

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Taylor2016 Mon 29-Jan-24 23:46:18

When in doubt, do without. When in doubt, think it out.

Without

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biglouis Tue 30-Jan-24 01:32:03

There is no great genius without some touch of madness

Genius

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65KL Tue 30-Jan-24 03:45:10

There's a fine line between genius and insanity

Fine

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JamesandJon33 Tue 30-Jan-24 05:37:05

Go through it with a fine toothed comb.

Through

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biglouis Tue 30-Jan-24 05:56:50

If you're going through hell, keep going

Hell

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nanna8 Tue 30-Jan-24 06:05:11

Pay a man enough and he’ll walk barefoot to hell.

Barefoot

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JamesandJon33 Tue 30-Jan-24 15:26:02

The shoe maker’s children go barefoot

Children

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biglouis Tue 30-Jan-24 16:55:50

Children should be seen and not heard

Heard

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Bella23 Tue 30-Jan-24 17:40:11

I heard it on the grapevine.

Grapevine

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biglouis Wed 31-Jan-24 09:38:08

Making wine from your own grape vine.

Wine

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crazyH Wed 31-Jan-24 10:45:49

Red wine goes to my head, makes me forget

Head

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65KL Wed 31-Jan-24 11:06:52

Head over heels

Over

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JamesandJon33 Wed 31-Jan-24 17:18:03

All over bar the shouting

Shouting

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biglouis Wed 31-Jan-24 18:53:35

Are you shouting at the moon?

Moon

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AGAA4 Wed 31-Jan-24 19:21:26

Happens every blue moon

Blue

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biglouis Thu 01-Feb-24 02:44:15

Talk til you are blue in the face

Face

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65KL Thu 01-Feb-24 03:14:31

Cut off your nose to spite your face

Cut

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Gwyllt Thu 01-Feb-24 06:53:46

Cut your cost according to your cloth

According

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Mollygo Thu 01-Feb-24 09:39:11

According to the forecast, it will be sunny
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Sunny

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biglouis Thu 01-Feb-24 10:44:15

A sunny day is a happy day.

Happy

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AGAA4 Thu 01-Feb-24 13:43:17

Happy go lucky

Lucky

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JamesandJon33 Thu 01-Feb-24 14:19:26

It is better to be lucky than rich.

Rich

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