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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?

biglouis Tue 06-Feb-24 09:19:06

Anyone daft enough to trust a politician

Trust

AGAA4 Tue 06-Feb-24 15:00:54

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Innocent.

crazyH Tue 06-Feb-24 15:52:25

Innocent until proven guilty in a court of law

Guilty

Mollygo Tue 06-Feb-24 15:57:45

A guilty conscience can keep you awake at night.
. Awake

JamesandJon33 Tue 06-Feb-24 16:33:37

To be awake is everything

Everything

AGAA4 Tue 06-Feb-24 16:40:58

Everything in the garden is rosy.

Garden

Gwyllt Tue 06-Feb-24 17:26:41

To garden is to plan for the future

Future

Grandyma Tue 06-Feb-24 17:43:30

The future’s not ours to see

See

Grannmarie Tue 06-Feb-24 21:30:51

This'll see me oot. (out)
Out

Scottish phrase meaning that some particular item will last me till I die...🤣

crazyH Tue 06-Feb-24 22:04:00

That came out of nowhere

Nowhere

biglouis Tue 06-Feb-24 22:38:19

All dressed up and nowhere to go

Dressed

Grannmarie Tue 06-Feb-24 23:03:46

Dressed to kill ( and guess who's dying)?
Kill

Gwyllt Tue 06-Feb-24 23:20:45

To kill two birds with one stone

Bird/birds

Taylor2016 Wed 07-Feb-24 00:00:19

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Hand

JamesandJon33 Wed 07-Feb-24 05:27:15

Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

Bite

biglouis Wed 07-Feb-24 12:16:29

Barking dogs seldom bite

Bite

biglouis Wed 07-Feb-24 12:17:10

Duh! Dog/s

AGAA4 Wed 07-Feb-24 15:21:44

Every dog has his day.

Day

crazyH Wed 07-Feb-24 15:43:53

Wake up it’s a beautiful morning, wake up it’s a beautiful day

Morning

JamesandJon33 Wed 07-Feb-24 15:56:19

Not the day only; but all things have their morning.

Day

Gwyllt Wed 07-Feb-24 17:50:04

A bad hair day

Hair

crazyH Wed 07-Feb-24 18:27:38

Hair-raising incident

Incident

pascal30 Wed 07-Feb-24 18:57:47

aside from a hair raisng incident

aside

biglouis Thu 08-Feb-24 10:42:52

All joking aside

Joking

Grandyma Thu 08-Feb-24 10:55:38

You must be joking

Must

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