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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 Wed 20-Dec-23 22:21:23

Tomorrows another day

Tomoorow

65KL Wed 20-Dec-23 21:42:28

Make my day

DAY

Callistemon21 Wed 20-Dec-23 20:38:17

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Make

crazyH Wed 20-Dec-23 20:19:32

No overtaking on the right lane

RIGHT

Juliet27 Wed 20-Dec-23 19:58:13

Life in the fast lane

LANE

Grandyma Wed 20-Dec-23 19:04:17

A son is a son til he takes a wife, a daughter’s a daughter for all of her life

Life

Baggs Wed 20-Dec-23 18:02:24

The world and his wife are shopping for Christmas at the moment

wife

Grannmarie Wed 20-Dec-23 18:00:46

He's on the road oot.

(Scottish saying, meaning someone is not long for this world.)

World

65KL Wed 20-Dec-23 17:58:27

The road to hell is paved with good intentions

GOOD

Bella23 Wed 20-Dec-23 17:39:29

Keep on right to the end of the road.

Road

crazyH Wed 20-Dec-23 17:32:12

Two wrongs don’t make a right

RIGHT

BlueBelle Wed 20-Dec-23 17:26:18

Oh bu..er on the wrong page sorry again

It just dawned on me I got it wrong

WRONG

BlueBelle Wed 20-Dec-23 17:24:35

Faith, hope and charity

HOPE

Mollygo Wed 20-Dec-23 16:42:15

Colours of day dawn into the mind.

Dawn

MrsKen33 Wed 20-Dec-23 16:33:35

Show one’s true colours

Colours

crazyH Wed 20-Dec-23 16:33:31

My iPad is slow today

Never a truer word said in jest

WORD

crazyH Wed 20-Dec-23 16:32:09

Money must be funny in a rich man’s world

RICH

Callistemon21 Wed 20-Dec-23 16:21:30

Give voice to what you know to be true

True

Juliet27 Wed 20-Dec-23 16:19:44

Get one’s voice heard

VOICE

Squiffy Wed 20-Dec-23 13:00:17

Children should be seen and not heard.

Heard

RosiesMaw Wed 20-Dec-23 11:51:45

Mind over matter - if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter

Children

Baggs Wed 20-Dec-23 11:12:40

“If you don't know where you want to go, then it doesn't matter which path you take.”

from Alice in Wonderland.

matter

MrsKen33 Wed 20-Dec-23 11:06:34

Over every mountain there is a path. Though it may not be seen from the valley.

Path

Grannmarie Wed 20-Dec-23 09:22:58

Faith can move mountains

Mountains

Grandyma Wed 20-Dec-23 09:21:32

Take a leap of faith

Faith

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