Gransnet forums

Games

Old sayings with a theme

(1001 Posts)
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?

Grandyma Tue 19-Dec-23 15:56:40

Make Ends Meet

MAKE

Juliet27 Tue 19-Dec-23 16:10:00

Make a break for it

Break

Gwyllt Tue 19-Dec-23 16:30:25

When you cease to learn you cease to grow

Learn

MrsKen33 Tue 19-Dec-23 16:54:28

Know the ropes, learn the ropes

Know

Gwyllt Tue 19-Dec-23 18:29:21

If you know what’s good for you

Good

Baggs Tue 19-Dec-23 18:57:53

A change is as good as a rest

rest

Grandyma Tue 19-Dec-23 19:00:39

Give it a rest

Give

BlueBelle Tue 19-Dec-23 19:03:45

Good as gold

Gold

BlueBelle Tue 19-Dec-23 19:05:14

Whoops that wasn’t showing up when I posted sorry

MrsKen33 Tue 19-Dec-23 19:10:10

Will do the first

Give an inch and they’ll take a mile.

Mile

Callistemon21 Tue 19-Dec-23 19:47:03

Win by a mile

Win

Gwyllt Tue 19-Dec-23 20:18:06

Win some loose some

LOOSE

Gwyllt Tue 19-Dec-23 20:18:59

Sorry should be lose

Juliet27 Tue 19-Dec-23 21:33:42

Lose one’s head if it wasn’t attached

HEAD

pascal30 Tue 19-Dec-23 21:36:38

have your head inthe clouds

clouds

Grandyma Tue 19-Dec-23 23:08:58

Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

Silver

Bodach Tue 19-Dec-23 23:21:55

Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth

Mouth

Squiffy Wed 20-Dec-23 00:07:28

Engage your brain before you open your mouth.

Brain

65KL Wed 20-Dec-23 00:46:11

Brain freeze

65KL Wed 20-Dec-23 00:46:32

Freeze

nanna8 Wed 20-Dec-23 01:47:24

Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey

Monkey

Gwyllt Wed 20-Dec-23 05:08:44

Stop that monkey business

STOP .

MrsKen33 Wed 20-Dec-23 05:44:20

Stop,look and listen.

Look

Juliet27 Wed 20-Dec-23 07:08:23

Look before you leap

LEAP

65KL Wed 20-Dec-23 09:20:37

A leap of faith

FAITH

This discussion thread has reached a 1000 message limit, and so cannot accept new messages.
Start a new discussion