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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?

Bella23 Thu 21-Dec-23 15:18:39

I slept like a baby.

Slept

Baggs Thu 21-Dec-23 15:14:19

Cry baby cry (Beatles): www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zeyej5bfZE

Baby

Juliet27 Thu 21-Dec-23 15:01:26

Don’t cry over spilled milk

CRY

Grandyma Thu 21-Dec-23 14:14:12

Don’t fence me in

Don’t

MrsKen33 Thu 21-Dec-23 14:03:25

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

Fence

crazyH Thu 21-Dec-23 13:41:26

You’re a snake in the grass 😂

GRASS

Baggs Thu 21-Dec-23 13:19:34

Life's full of tricky snakes and ladders.
Morrisey, whoever he, she or it was.

snake(s)

Gwyllt Thu 21-Dec-23 11:12:47

Never walk under a ladder

LADDER

65KL Thu 21-Dec-23 09:58:49

Life is like a box of chocolates , you never know what you are going to get.

NEVER

Bella23 Thu 21-Dec-23 09:38:58

Always look on the bright side of life.

Life

Gwyllt Thu 21-Dec-23 09:32:30

Toast always lands butter side down

ALWAYS

Juliet27 Thu 21-Dec-23 09:29:25

Fine words butter no parsnips

BUTTER

Grandyma Thu 21-Dec-23 09:21:01

Sticks and stones may break my bones but harsh words never hurt me

Words

Mollygo Thu 21-Dec-23 08:29:04

People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

STONES

Juliet27 Thu 21-Dec-23 06:16:42

Rose coloured glasses

GLASS

MrsKen33 Thu 21-Dec-23 04:49:50

I never promised you a rose garden

Rose

nanna8 Thu 21-Dec-23 02:02:18

Around around the garden like a teddy bear

Garden

65KL Thu 21-Dec-23 01:39:50

What goes around comes around

AROUND

crazyH Thu 21-Dec-23 01:18:23

If tomorrow never comes
COMES

biglouis Thu 21-Dec-23 00:44:44

To think your feet

Think

Callistemon21 Wed 20-Dec-23 23:00:44

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees

Feet

Callistemon21 Wed 20-Dec-23 22:58:22

RosiesMaw

Ignore me confusedconfused

I've just spent three minutes trying to puzzle that out 😂😂😂

RosiesMaw Wed 20-Dec-23 22:55:37

Ignore me confusedconfused

RosiesMaw Wed 20-Dec-23 22:52:47

Hasn’t this got out of sync? I thought we were supposed to suggest the next theme.

Never say die

DIE

Callistemon21 Wed 20-Dec-23 22:49:02

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today

Never

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