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Old sayings with a theme

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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?

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Gwyllt Thu 21-Dec-23 21:06:09

Wait your turn

TURN

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Grandyma Thu 21-Dec-23 22:09:25

Taken a turn for the worse

Worse

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Juliet27 Thu 21-Dec-23 22:31:33

Worse things happen at sea

SEA

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Gwyllt Thu 21-Dec-23 22:44:31

Plenty more fish in the sea

FISH

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Juliet27 Thu 21-Dec-23 22:47:55

Anniel. - it seems he did!
wordhistories.net/2019/09/28/wait-and-see/

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Callistemon21 Thu 21-Dec-23 22:48:20

If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.

Lifetime

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Juliet27 Thu 21-Dec-23 22:50:22

Like shooting fish in a barrel

BARREL

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Juliet27 Thu 21-Dec-23 22:50:44

Oops..too late

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Juliet27 Thu 21-Dec-23 22:54:08

Back to LIFETIME

A legend in one’s own lifetime

OWN

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Gwyllt Thu 21-Dec-23 22:59:21

A legend on one’s own time

LEGEND

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Gwyllt Thu 21-Dec-23 23:06:55

Trying again
To blow one’s own trumpet

BLOW

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65KL Thu 21-Dec-23 23:13:21

Blow hot and cold

COLD

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Squiffy Thu 21-Dec-23 23:38:47

Revenge is best served cold.

BEST

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crazyH Thu 21-Dec-23 23:53:54

Best of both worlds

BOTH

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MrsKen33 Fri 22-Dec-23 04:46:45

Burn the candle at both ends

Ends

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Ashcombe Fri 22-Dec-23 05:13:29

All's well that ends well.

All's

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nanna8 Fri 22-Dec-23 05:42:15

All’s fair in love and war

War

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Gwyllt Fri 22-Dec-23 07:44:02

It’s all a war of nerves

NERVES

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Grandyma Fri 22-Dec-23 09:53:46

I’m a bag of nerves

BAG

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Juliet27 Fri 22-Dec-23 09:56:09

Let the cat out of the bag

CAT

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RosiesMaw Fri 22-Dec-23 10:03:21

When the cats away, the mice will play

Mice

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Mollygo Fri 22-Dec-23 10:21:22

A cat in gloves catches no mice.

GLOVES

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MrsKen33 Fri 22-Dec-23 11:57:25

Handle with kid gloves.

Handle

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Juliet27 Fri 22-Dec-23 13:04:00

Fly off the handle

FLY

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RosiesMaw Fri 22-Dec-23 14:53:15

There’s a fly the ointment

OINTMENT

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