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biglouis Mon 26-Feb-24 01:02:45

Carried over from last thread:-

Rome wasnt built in a day

Day

Grandyma Wed 17-Apr-24 22:04:39

Never look a gift horse in the mouth

Gift

QuaintIrene Wed 17-Apr-24 20:40:11

I want never gets

Never

JamesandJon33 Wed 17-Apr-24 06:00:21

Waste not, want not.

Want

crazyH Tue 16-Apr-24 17:33:40

A life well lived, is a life not wasted

Waste/wasted

biglouis Tue 16-Apr-24 17:30:30

Careless talk costs lives (WW2 saying)

Lives/life

crazyH Tue 16-Apr-24 14:35:03

That cost me a pretty penny

Cost

JamesandJon33 Tue 16-Apr-24 13:20:04

In for a penny, in for a pound

Penny

Grandyma Tue 16-Apr-24 12:19:39

Look after the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves

Pound/s

QuaintIrene Mon 15-Apr-24 17:21:29

Take care of the small things and the big will take care of themselves.

Small

biglouis Mon 15-Apr-24 12:38:11

Care Package

Care

crazyH Sun 14-Apr-24 17:55:49

Good things come in small packages

Package/s

Gwyllt Sun 14-Apr-24 17:53:22

All in good time

Good

QuaintIrene Sun 14-Apr-24 17:44:53

Time and tide wait for no man

Time

crazyH Sun 14-Apr-24 17:28:02

Take me to the church on time

Time

biglouis Sun 14-Apr-24 13:27:25

Poor as a church mouse

Church

JamesandJon33 Sat 13-Apr-24 06:23:34

Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief.

Poor

biglouis Fri 12-Apr-24 22:24:02

Ok we had trouble

Double your money and try to get rich

Rich

biglouis Fri 12-Apr-24 22:22:19

Double double toil and trouble

Trouble

Gwyllt Fri 12-Apr-24 21:03:46

Double trouble

Double

crazyH Fri 12-Apr-24 18:44:43

If there’s lipstick on your collar, you’re in trouble

Trouble

Gwyllt Fri 12-Apr-24 14:31:43

You can put lipstick on a pig but it is still a pig

Lipstick

QuaintIrene Fri 12-Apr-24 14:17:17

Age is but a number
But

JamesandJon33 Thu 11-Apr-24 16:18:45

Wine improves with age

Age

biglouis Thu 11-Apr-24 12:36:31

Dont put new wine into old bottles.

Wine

crazyH Thu 11-Apr-24 11:59:29

Out with the old, in with the new

Old