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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 Tue 02-Apr-24 10:58:02

Man cannot live by bread alone

Bread

biglouis Tue 02-Apr-24 11:55:18

To butter ones bread on both sides

Side/s

AGAA4 Tue 02-Apr-24 14:43:35

Playing both sides against the middle.

Middle

QuaintIrene Sat 06-Apr-24 23:42:55

If the spots join round your middle you die

Spots

Oregano Sat 06-Apr-24 23:50:07

A leopard never changes it's spots

Changes

crazyH Sun 07-Apr-24 00:00:19

Love changes everything

crazyH Sun 07-Apr-24 00:00:53

Everything

QuaintIrene Sun 07-Apr-24 01:45:07

He's got everything and nothing

Nothing

JamesandJon33 Sun 07-Apr-24 05:28:04

Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.
Forgive

AGAA4 Sun 07-Apr-24 11:34:32

How unhappy are those who cannot forgive themselves.

Unhappy.

biglouis Sun 07-Apr-24 12:51:01

Better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone else.

Alone

QuaintIrene Mon 08-Apr-24 00:41:32

You're never alone with a book

Book

biglouis Tue 09-Apr-24 17:37:37

You cant judge a book by its cover

Cover

JamesandJon33 Wed 10-Apr-24 14:26:12

Blow someone’s cover

Blow

crazyH Wed 10-Apr-24 21:31:49

Blow your own trumpet

Trumpet

biglouis Wed 10-Apr-24 21:49:46

To hear a distant trumpet.

Distant

Gwyllt Thu 11-Apr-24 07:48:14

The dim and distant past

Past

JamesandJon33 Thu 11-Apr-24 09:24:38

A blast from the past

From

Grandyma Thu 11-Apr-24 10:20:00

From here to next week

Week

Gwyllt Thu 11-Apr-24 11:45:07

Week in week out

Out

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

Out with the old, in with the new

Old

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

Dont put new wine into old bottles.

Wine

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

Wine improves with age

Age

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

Age is but a number
But

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

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

Lipstick