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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 Thu 15-Feb-24 09:03:40

A dog is for life, not just for Christmas

Life

AGAA4 Thu 15-Feb-24 16:41:01

Anything for a quiet life

Quiet

pascal30 Thu 15-Feb-24 20:18:49

keep quiet about it about

Grannmarie Thu 15-Feb-24 21:48:31

Keep calm and carry on.

biglouis Fri 16-Feb-24 11:07:53

Calm before the storm

AGAA4 Fri 16-Feb-24 11:15:42

A big storm in a teacup

Big

JamesandJon33 Fri 16-Feb-24 14:15:38

Big girl’s don’t cry

Cry

Grannmarie Fri 16-Feb-24 17:12:42

Cry me a river.

Mollygo Fri 16-Feb-24 17:34:16

River deep mountain high

.high

crazyH Fri 16-Feb-24 18:57:48

The higher you climb, the harder you fall

Climb

biglouis Sat 17-Feb-24 00:37:23

Climb the corporate ladder

Ladder

JamesandJon33 Sat 17-Feb-24 12:01:47

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon.

Rest

Bella23 Sat 17-Feb-24 12:42:24

Rest in peace

Peace

Mollygo Sat 17-Feb-24 13:00:23

Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.

Earth

AGAA4 Sat 17-Feb-24 13:43:00

It cost the earth.

Cost.

biglouis Sat 17-Feb-24 14:44:32

The cost of everything and the value of nothing

Everything

JamesandJon33 Sat 17-Feb-24 19:25:53

Everything comes to him who waits

Wait

biglouis Sun 18-Feb-24 01:40:19

Time and tide wait for no man

Time

GoldenLady Sun 18-Feb-24 16:27:05

All in good time

Good

65KL Sun 18-Feb-24 16:48:11

What's good for the goose is good for the gander

Goose

Gwyllt Sun 18-Feb-24 17:23:33

The goose that lays the golden egg

Gold or golden

JamesandJon33 Sun 18-Feb-24 18:22:59

Silence is golden

Golden

JamesandJon33 Sun 18-Feb-24 18:23:25

Sorry …….Silence

Gwyllt Sun 18-Feb-24 21:52:07

Suffer in silence

Suffer

Grandyma Sun 18-Feb-24 23:10:37

Don’t suffer fools gladly

Fool or fools

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