Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt

[JoAnne]

*There is no limit to how many sayings you can get per book.
*For each word please post a link to the book, the author, the date you finished it, plus the page number/location and a partial sentence where you found the word.
*Must be close to the exact words!

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Apple - A Touch of Ice - L.J. Charles (1/10/16)
weakness for apple pie, heavy... (loc. 245)

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Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt
Duration: NO MORE SIGN-UPS!!!

Levels:
Level 1: 25-49 Sayings
Level 2: 50-74 Sayings
Level 3: 75-99 Sayings
Level 4: 100-133 Sayings
Completed: All 134 Sayings

Sayings:
1. A blushing bride
2. A fool and his money
3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder
4. Add insult to injury
5. Age before beauty
6. All in all
7. All that glitters is not gold
8. All things being equal
9. All work and no play
10. As luck would have it
11. Barking up the wrong tree
12. Best laid plans
13. Better late than never
14. Better mind your p's and q's
15. Beyond the pale
16. Blood is thicker than water
17. Blow off steam
18. Born with a silver spoon
19. Breathe a sigh of relief
20. Bright and early
21. Bring home the bacon
22. Budding genius
23. Busy as a bee
24. Butterflies in (my) stomach
25. Caught red-handed
26. Chip off the old block
27. Clear as mud
28. Cool as a cucumber
29. Dead as a doornail
30. Dead give away
31. Deaf as a post
32. Die is cast
33. Draw the line
34. Drink and be merry
35. Drunk as a skunk
36. Ear to the ground
37. Eat my hat
38. Face the music
39. Feather in (his/her) cap
40. Few and far between
41. Fill the bill
42. Fine and dandy
43. First and foremost
44. Fish out of water
45. Flesh and blood
46. Fly off the handle
47. Fond farewell
48. Fresh as a daisy
49. Gentle as a lamb
50. Get the upper hand
51. Get up on the wrong side of the bed
52. Gild the lily
53. Grain of salt
54. Green as grass
55. Green with envy
56. Hale and hardy
57. Hand to mouth
58. Happy as a lark
59. Hard row to hoe
60. Head over heels
61. Heart of gold
62. High on the hog
63. Hungry as a bear
64. If truth be told
65. In the final analysis
66. In the long run
67. It goes without saying
68. It is the last straw
69. It stands to reason
70. Kettle of fish
71. Last but not least
72. Lean over backward
73. Leave in the lurch
74. Left-handed compliment
75. Let the cat out of the bag
76. Like a bolt out of the blue
77. Limp as a rag
78. Mad as a wet hen
79. Make hay when the sun shines
80. Make no bones
81. Meets the eye
82. Method in his/her madness
83. More easily said than done
84. Naked truth
85. Necessary evil
86. Never a dull moment
87. Nipped in the bud
88. Not to be sneezed at
89. On the ball
90. Open and shut
91. Opportunity knocks
92. Out of sight out of mind
93. Over a barrel
94. Pay the piper
95. Pretty as a picture
96. Pull his/her leg
97. Pull the wool over my eyes
98. Pure as the driven snow
99. Put a bug in your ear
100. Put on the dog
101. Put the best foot forward
102. Raining cats and dogs
103. Read someone the riot act
104. Red as a beet
105. Right down my/your alley
106. Ring true
107. Rub someone the wrong way
108. Sad but true
109. Save it for a rainy day
110. Self made man
111. Sell like hot cakes
112. Seventh heaven
113. Sick and tired
114. Sight to behold
115. Sing like a bird
116. Sow wild oats
117. Start the ball rolling
118. Steal thunder from someone
119. Stir up a hornet nest
120. Strong as an ox
121. Stubborn as a mule
122. Stuffed shirt
123. The bitter end
124. The jig/jog is up
125. Throw the book at
126. Tit for tat
127. Too funny for words
128. Turn over a new leaf
129. Waiting with baited breath
130. Wee small hours
131. Without further ado
132. Wolf in sheep's clothing
133. You can say that again
134. Your guess is as good as mine



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Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt ~ Open Ended

1. A blushing bride: The Princess, the Prick & the Priest - 2/11/20 - p. 202: "We have to come and see the blushing bride..."
2. A fool and his money
3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder: What Happens in London - 2/8/20 - p. 73: "...he had no idea if absence made the heart grow fonder..."
4. Add insult to injury
5. Age before beauty: Oz - 12/31/20 - p. 190: "I insist you go first. Age before beauty."
6. All in all: Blood of My Blood - 6/12/20 - p. 252: "All in all, the house was neat and clean..."
7. All that glitters is not gold
8. All things being equal: Here and Gone - 4/11/20 - p. 34: "...all things being equal, I expect Judge Miller will give you a small fine..."
9. All work and no play
10. As luck would have it: Switch Stance - 1/21/20 - loc 1447: "...it's usually a little bit warmer here and, as luck would have it, will be about fifteen degrees warmer."
11. Barking up the wrong tree: When the Dust Settles - 5/28/20 - p. 45: "...I would have given the object of my latest fantasy the heads-up that he was barking up the wrong tree...
12. Best laid plans: The Guy in the Middle - 1/6/21 - p. 74: "...could be the one person to ruin every best-laid plan for me."
13. Better late than never: The Bitterroot Inn - 9/20/20 - loc 1055: "...my second glass of wine on the table. 'Better late than never.'..."
14. Better mind your p's and q's: Lucas - 5/16/20 - Audio: Chapt 18: "In other words, mind my ps and qs around you?"
15. Beyond the pale
16. Blood is thicker than water: The Sinner - 4/18/20 - loc 6665: "Blood is thicker than water," the King said gently."
17. Blow off steam: Hawthorne & Heathcliff - 4/15/20 - p. 99: "...just looking to blow off a little steam like the rest of us."
18. Born with a silver spoon:Inappropriate - 4/8/20 - p. 313: "...probably grew up with a silver spoon in his hand."
19. Breathe a sigh of relief: Switch Stance - 1/21/20 - loc 2276: "...She breathes out a sigh of relief so I try one last time."
20. Bright and early: Folsom - 1/24/20 - loc 1969: "Folsom arrives bright and early the next morning..."
21. Bring home the bacon
22. Budding genius
23. Busy as a bee
24. Butterflies in (my) stomach: The Sexy One - 1/25/20 - loc 1383: "Butterflies take off in my stomach, and I want to tell them to settle down..."
25. Caught red-handed
26. Chip off the old block: Twice in a Blue Moon - 4/14/20 - p. 197: "She's a chip off the old block."
27. Clear as mud
28. Cool as a cucumber: A Different Blue - 2/2/20 - p.151: "...her mother seemed cool as a cucumber."
29. Dead as a doornail
30. Dead give away: Switch Stance - 1/21/20 - loc 1214: "That's a dead giveaway that my type is sitting right next to me."
31. Deaf as a post
32. Die is cast: A Different Blue - 2/2/20 - p. 247: "I guess the die is cast...huh?"
33. Draw the line: The Sinner - 4/18/20 - loc 2087: "She had to draw the line."
34. Drink and be merry: Tigerland - 1/20/21 - p. 283: "The vows were exchanged, and it was time to eat, drink, and be merry."
35. Drunk as a skunk
36. Ear to the ground: Love Under Quarantine - 6/10/20 - loc 2033: "...I'll definitely bring it up and keep my ear to the ground."
37. Eat my hat
38. Face the music: Fireworks - 11/18/20 - p. 193: "I turn to face the music."
39. Feather in (his/her) cap
40. Few and far between: Folsom - 1/24/20 - loc 712: "...buildings that used to line the sand are few and far between."
41. Fill the bill
42. Fine and dandy
43. First and foremost: The Sinner - 4/18/20 - loc 6643: "...it truly is a home first and foremost..."
44. Fish out of water: The Day He Came Back - 8/18/20 - p. 195: "I felt like a fish out of water, but Raven was calm as could be."
45. Flesh and blood: Folsom - 1/24/20 - loc 3245: "...I delivered my flesh and blood..."
46. Fly off the handle
47. Fond farewell
48. Fresh as a daisy
49. Gentle as a lamb
50. Get the upper hand: This is War - 8/14/20 - p. 325: "I want to have the upper hand..."
51. Get up on the wrong side of the bed
52. Gild the lily: Gerald's Game - 5/10/20 - p. 29: "...let's not gild the lily, now he meant to rape her..."
53. Grain of salt: Love Me Whole - 1/8/21 - p. 141: "I took each episode with a grain of salt."
54. Green as grass
55. Green with envy
56. Hale and hardy
57. Hand to mouth
58. Happy as a lark
59. Hard row to hoe
60. Head over heels: Lies You Never Told Me - 2/3/20 - p. 23: "I hadn't intended to fall head over heels in love with it."

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Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt
Duration: 01.20.2020 - Open Ended

Goal: Completed: All 134 Sayings
Done: 81/134 - Level 3: 75-99 Sayings

Levels:
Level 4: 100-133 Sayings
Completed: All 134 Sayings

Tell My Horse by Zora Neale Hurston – 01/25/2020 - 3 sayings
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6. All in all - A most impressive funeral, all in all. (Kindle Location 1486)
48. Fresh as a daisy - But those Maroons were fresh as daisies (Kindle Location 597)
67. It goes without saying - It goes without saying that few would be concerned very much... (Kindle Locations 3219-3220)
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Great Goddesses: Life lessons from myths and monsters by Nikita Gill – 01/26/2020 - 2 sayings
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Great Goddesses: Life lessons from myths and monsters by Nikita Gill – 01/26/2020 - 2 sayings
80. Make no bones - I make no bones, no apologies for what I did next. (Kindle Location 1603).
84. Naked truth - the pulling apart of smoke and mirrors to reveal the naked truth, (Kindle Location 212)
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Lab Girl by Hope Jahren – 01/31/2020 - 8 sayings
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40. Few and far between - a nondescript bird passing far overhead—are few and far between. (Kindle Locations 2950-2951)
43. First and foremost - the first and foremost experiment in each tree research study (Kindle Locations 3550-3551)
53. Grain of salt - Each grain of salt in a saltshaker is a perfect cube (Kindle Location 1072)
64. If truth be told - which wasn’t much to look at, over or otherwise, truth be told. (Kindle Location 2025)
68. It is the last straw - “Anyway, this was the last straw,” I told him. (Kindle Locations 2095-2096)
81. Meets the eye - there is much, much more than meets the eye (Kindle Location 2537)
90. Open and shut - swinging the doors open and shut. (Kindle Location 2104)
113. Sick and tired - yet another teacher who was sick and tired of dealing with me. (Kindle Locations 729-730)
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Ravenite by Alicia Rades – 02/03/2020 - 3 sayings
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19. Breathe a sigh of relief - Fiona breathed a sigh of relief. (p. 85)
24. Butterflies in (my) stomach - Any lingering butterflies in my stomach were now officially dead. (p. 64)
50. Get the upper hand - Don’t ever let them get the upper hand. (p. 146)
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Last Day by Luanne Rice – 02/07/2020 - 5 sayings
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28. Cool as a cucumber - ...he doesn’t register emotion the way normal people do. Cool as a cucumber. (Kindle Location 4009)
33. Draw the line -... helped her draw the line between their strong personalities. (Kindle Location 2544)
45. Flesh and blood - Her sister had been flesh and blood and kindness and humor... (Kindle Locations 2005-2006)
60. Head over heels - “But, Conor, she was head over heels. (Kindle Location 3640)
89. On the ball - “Eye on the ball,” Reid said out loud. (Kindle Locations 4473-4474)
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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King – 02/21/2020 - 6 sayings
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13. Better late than never - Bill recalls the fire extinguisher in the hall, with Better late than never printed above it. (Kindle Locations 3252-3253)
20. Bright and early - Tomorrow he would present himself at the Portland Conference Center bright and early... (Kindle Location 310)
35. Drunk as a skunk - I’ll bet you next semester’s tuition she was just as drunk as a goddam skunk. (Kindle Location 4153)
41. Fill the bill - ...the manager of the Cornhuskers said he had a boy who might fill the bill... (Kindle Location 5614)
57. Hand to mouth - Wesley clapped a hand to his mouth. (Kindle Location 3964)
108. Sad but true - “Sad but true,” he said, and highlighted the Y button. (Kindle Locations 4064-4065)
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Katherine Howard: A New History by Conor Byrne – 03/04/2020 - 2 sayings
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49. Gentle as a lamb - ...he would be gentle as a lamb and at the end worse than a lion. (Kindle Locations 622-623)
114. Sight to behold - ...which was a goodlie sight to behold. (Kindle Location 1470)
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Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come by Richard Preston – 03/11/2020 - 1 saying
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123. The bitter end - ...cared for each other and their child to the bitter end, (Kindle Location 2937)
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Three Women by Lisa Taddeo – 03/15/2020 - 2 sayings
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4. Add insult to injury - ...also living in a tropical utopia added insult to injury. (Kindle Locations 879-880).
92. Out of sight out of mind - ...everything in the phone is out of sight, out of mind. (Kindle Location 1155)
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The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes – 03/19/2020 - 2 sayings
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9. All work and no play - We’re all work and no play.’ She grinned. (Kindle Location 1530)
95. Pretty as a picture - ‘But the top half is pretty as a picture. (Kindle Location 1974)
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You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy – 03/30/2020 - 1 saying
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66. In the long run - ...hearing loss, in the long run, leads to a litany of poor emotional... (Kindle Location 1892)
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Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center – 04/03/2020 - 4 sayings
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10. As luck would have it - Also on my sixteenth birthday, as luck would have it, on the very same night... (Kindle Locations 1006-1007)
29. Dead as a doornail - The four of us looked down: brown-and-white Chihuahua. Dead as a doornail. (Kindle Locations 1642-1643)
71. Last but not least - “Last, but not least,” she said, tapping the paper... (Kindle Locations 744-745)
120. Strong as an ox - You’re smart as hell, and you’re strong as an ox, (Kindle Location 554)
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Followers by Megan Angelo – 04/14/2020 - 1 saying
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15. Beyond the pale - ...proven beyond the pale to be damaging to young women... (Kindle Location 3050)
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The Green Mile by Stephen King – 04/19/2020 - 1 saying
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69. It stands to reason - I guess that kind of stands to reason, don't it? (Kindle Location 2317)
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The Magnolia Inn by Carolyn Brown – 04/21/2020 - 2 sayings
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116. Sow wild oats - “Honey, you go sow wild oats on Friday and Saturday... (Kindle Locations 1285-1286)
121. Stubborn as a mule - She could be as stubborn as the proverbial Missouri mule... (Kindle Locations 2683-2684)
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Off the Clock by Roni Loren – 04/25/2020 - 1 saying
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54. Green as grass - The girl was as green as spring grass. (Kindle Location 1251)
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Repressed by Elisabeth Naughton – 04/26/2020 - 1 saying
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17. Blow off steam - ...she’d gone for a drive to blow off steam and work through everything... (Kindle Locations 4135-4136)
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Why Resist a Rebel? by Leah Ashton – 04/28/2020 - 2 sayings
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85. Necessary evil - ‘For me, gossip’s a necessary evil. (Kindle Location 1611)
110. Self made man - ‘My dad was a self-made man,’ he said. (Kindle Location 1972)
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Tacker by Sawyer Bennett – 05/03/2020 - 3 sayings
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27. Clear as mud - ...and I know I sound about as clear as mud. (Kindle Location 1828)
128. Turn over a new leaf - ...so she decided to turn over a new leaf. (Kindle Location 1590)
134. Your guess is as good as mine - ...she says to the man, “Your guess is as good as mine." (Kindle Location 867)
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The Chain by Adrian McKinty – 05/14/2020 - 2 sayings
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124. The jig/jog is up - If they take her to the hospital the jig is up and Kylie’s dead. (Kindle Locations 2020-2021)
133. You can say that again - “You can’t let them out of your sight.” “You can say that again.” (Kindle Locations 2452-2453)
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Punish by Olivia Ryann – 05/18/2020 - 2 sayings
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25. Caught red-handed - Caught red-handed, my face goes pink with shame. (Kindle Location 1731)
104. Red as a beet - I turn red as a beet when I walk toward him. (Kindle Location 543)
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Sunset Beach by Mary Kay Andrews – 06/28/2020 - 1 word
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26. Chip off the old block - "Brice, I can’t believe your daughter is a liquor lightweight. Definitely not a chip off the old block.” (Kindle Locations 453-454).
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The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen – 07/04/2020 - 3 words
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11. Barking up the wrong tree - ...seems we may have been barking up the wrong tree entirely. (Kindle Location 3128)
38. Face the music - It was time to face the music. (Kindle Location 1643)
75. Let the cat out of the bag - My cousin let the cat out of the bag, one of those nasty revelations that... (Kindle Locations 985-986)
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The Princess Spy by Melanie Dickerson – 07/26/2020 - 1 words
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34. Drink and be merry - “We shall drink and be merry.” (Kindle Location 3509)
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The Merlot Murders by Ellen Crosby – 07/30/2020 - 2 words
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94. Pay the piper - "Have you ever heard the expression 'robbing Peter to pay the piper?'" (Kindle Location 1354)
106. Ring true - Eli's story didn't quite ring true. (Kindle Location 87)
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House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig – 08/02/2020 - 1 word
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1. A blushing bride - Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride. (Kindle Location 636)
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The Chardonnay Charade by Ellen Crosby – 08/04/2020 - 2 words
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119. Stir up a hornet nest - You're really going to stir up a hornet's nest, you know? (Kindle Location 918)
125. Throw the book at - "He's really going to throw the book at us now." (Kindle Location 3067)
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The Bordeaux Betrayal by Ellen Crosby – 08/09/2020 - 2 words
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51. Get up on the wrong side of the bed - Wake up on the wrong side of the bed of nails, did we, darlin'? (Kindle Location 1365)
56. Hale and hardy - Though he seemed hale and hearty... (Kindle Location 1561)
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[Ferenc]

Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer – 09/25/2020 - 1 saying
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3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder - “No, I mean, the country misses you.” I slid back into my seat. “Absence makes the heart grow fonder (Kindle Locations 3446-3447).
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Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong – 09/28/2020 - 1 saying
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18. Born with a silver spoon - Wu Xiaoming was born in 1949. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth. (Kindle Locations 3513-3514)
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Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby – 09/06/2020 - 1 saying
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30. Dead give away - ...because my teeth have always been a dead giveaway that I have nothing... (Kindle Location 1627)
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The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith – 09/09/2020 - 1 saying
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65. In the final analysis - Yes, we were all care of one another in the final analysis, at least in Botswana... (Kindle Location 48)
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The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club - Book One by Ann Warner – 09/21/2020 - 2 sayings
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88. Not to be sneezed at - That would be nothing to sneeze at, of course. (Kindle Location 2744)
131. Without further ado - "Without further ado, I left." (Kindle Location 511)
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Wanna Get Lucky? by Deborah Coonts – 09/14/2020 - 2 sayings
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93. Over a barrel - He says he has the money lined up and you over a barrel. (Kindle Location 3046)
132. Wolf in sheep's clothing - An image of a wolf in sheep’s clothing popped into my head, (Kindle Location 1395)
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The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang – 10/02/2020 - 1 saying
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55. Green with envy - people could see and admire and become green with envy? (Kindle Location 1130)
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The Good Girl by Mary Kubica – 11/06/2020 1 saying
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107. Rub someone the wrong way - and it’s the to me part that really rubs me the wrong way (Kindle Locations 758-759)
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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin – 12/06/2020 1 saying
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31. Deaf as a post - He was deaf as a post and couldn’t tell how loud they were. (Kindle Locations 3175-3176)
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Moseh's Staff by A.W. Exley – 12/31/2020 - 1 saying
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44. Fish out of water - The prosecutor went bright red and impersonated a fish out of water (Kindle Location 3097)
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Mr. Nobody - Catherine Steadman - 01/15/21 - 1 saying
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12. Best laid plans - DAY 13—BEST LAID PLANS (Kindle Location 4272)
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Gone at Midnight: The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam - Jake Anderson - 01/21/21 - 1 saying
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115. Sing like a bird - “Queen for a day” immunity deal: Perez would sing like a bird... (Kindle Locations 3971-3972)
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A Favor for a Favor - Helena Hunting - 02/04/21 - 1 saying
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103. Read someone the riot act - “You gonna read me the riot act?” (Kindle Location 555)
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Sayings: - 53 missing
2. A fool and his money
5. Age before beauty
7. All that glitters is not gold
8. All things being equal
14. Better mind your p's and q's
16. Blood is thicker than water
21. Bring home the bacon
22. Budding genius
23. Busy as a bee
32. Die is cast
36. Ear to the ground
37. Eat my hat
39. Feather in (his/her) cap
42. Fine and dandy
46. Fly off the handle
47. Fond farewell
52. Gild the lily
58. Happy as a lark
59. Hard row to hoe
61. Heart of gold
62. High on the hog
63. Hungry as a bear
70. Kettle of fish
72. Lean over backward
73. Leave in the lurch
74. Left-handed compliment
76. Like a bolt out of the blue
77. Limp as a rag
78. Mad as a wet hen
79. Make hay when the sun shines
82. Method in his/her madness
83. More easily said than done
86. Never a dull moment
87. Nipped in the bud
91. Opportunity knocks
96. Pull his/her leg
97. Pull the wool over my eyes
98. Pure as the driven snow
99. Put a bug in your ear
100. Put on the dog
101. Put the best foot forward
102. Raining cats and dogs
105. Right down my/your alley
109. Save it for a rainy day
111. Sell like hot cakes
112. Seventh heaven
117. Start the ball rolling
118. Steal thunder from someone
122. Stuffed shirt
126. Tit for tat
127. Too funny for words
129. Waiting with baited breath
130. Wee small hours

[Emeli]

Completed: All 134 Sayings
0/134
Sayings:
1. A blushing bride
2. A fool and his money
3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder
4. Add insult to injury
5. Age before beauty
6. All in all
7. All that glitters is not gold
8. All things being equal
9. All work and no play
10. As luck would have it
11. Barking up the wrong tree
12. Best laid plans
13. Better late than never
14. Better mind your p's and q's
15. Beyond the pale
16. Blood is thicker than water
17. Blow off steam
18. Born with a silver spoon
19. Breathe a sigh of relief
20. Bright and early
21. Bring home the bacon
22. Budding genius
23. Busy as a bee
24. Butterflies in (my) stomach
25. Caught red-handed
26. Chip off the old block
27. Clear as mud
28. Cool as a cucumber
29. Dead as a doornail
30. Dead give away
31. Deaf as a post
32. Die is cast
33. Draw the line
34. Drink and be merry
35. Drunk as a skunk
36. Ear to the ground
37. Eat my hat
38. Face the music
39. Feather in (his/her) cap
40. Few and far between
41. Fill the bill
42. Fine and dandy
43. First and foremost
44. Fish out of water
45. Flesh and blood
46. Fly off the handle
47. Fond farewell
48. Fresh as a daisy
49. Gentle as a lamb
50. Get the upper hand
51. Get up on the wrong side of the bed
52. Gild the lily
53. Grain of salt
54. Green as grass
55. Green with envy
56. Hale and hardy
57. Hand to mouth
58. Happy as a lark
59. Hard row to hoe
60. Head over heels
61. Heart of gold
62. High on the hog
63. Hungry as a bear
64. If truth be told
65. In the final analysis
66. In the long run
67. It goes without saying
68. It is the last straw
69. It stands to reason
70. Kettle of fish
71. Last but not least
72. Lean over backward
73. Leave in the lurch
74. Left-handed compliment
75. Let the cat out of the bag
76. Like a bolt out of the blue
77. Limp as a rag
78. Mad as a wet hen
79. Make hay when the sun shines
80. Make no bones
81. Meets the eye
82. Method in his/her madness
83. More easily said than done
84. Naked truth
85. Necessary evil
86. Never a dull moment
87. Nipped in the bud
88. Not to be sneezed at
89. On the ball
90. Open and shut
91. Opportunity knocks
92. Out of sight out of mind
93. Over a barrel
94. Pay the piper
95. Pretty as a picture
96. Pull his/her leg- Flawsome Explorations page 123 “Is he being serious? Or is he pulling my leg?” finished 30/7
97. Pull the wool over my eyes
98. Pure as the driven snow
99. Put a bug in your ear
100. Put on the dog
101. Put the best foot forward
102. Raining cats and dogs
103. Read someone the riot act
104. Red as a beet
105. Right down my/your alley
106. Ring true
107. Rub someone the wrong way
108. Sad but true
109. Save it for a rainy day
110. Self made man
111. Sell like hot cakes
112. Seventh heaven
113. Sick and tired
114. Sight to behold
115. Sing like a bird
116. Sow wild oats
117. Start the ball rolling
118. Steal thunder from someone
119. Stir up a hornet nest
120. Strong as an ox
121. Stubborn as a mule
122. Stuffed shirt
123. The bitter end
124. The jig/jog is up
125. Throw the book at
126. Tit for tat
127. Too funny for words
128. Turn over a new leaf
129. Waiting with baited breath
130. Wee small hours
131. Without further ado
132. Wolf in sheep's clothing
133. You can say that again
134. Your guess is as good as mine

[Sandy]

Completed: All 134 Sayings
0/134
Sayings:
1. A blushing bride
2. A fool and his money
3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder
4. Add insult to injury
5. Age before beauty
6. All in all
7. All that glitters is not gold
8. All things being equal
9. All work and no play
10. As luck would have it
11. Barking up the wrong tree
12. Best laid plans
13. Better late than never
14. Better mind your p's and q's
15. Beyond the pale
16. Blood is thicker than water
17. Blow off steam
18. Born with a silver spoon
19. Breathe a sigh of relief
20. Bright and early
21. Bring home the bacon
22. Budding genius
23. Busy as a bee
24. Butterflies in (my) stomach
25. Caught red-handed
26. Chip off the old block
27. Clear as mud
28. Cool as a cucumber
29. Dead as a doornail
30. Dead give away
31. Deaf as a post
32. Die is cast
33. Draw the line
34. Drink and be merry
35. Drunk as a skunk
36. Ear to the ground
37. Eat my hat
38. Face the music
39. Feather in (his/her) cap
40. Few and far between
41. Fill the bill
42. Fine and dandy
43. First and foremost
44. Fish out of water
45. Flesh and blood
46. Fly off the handle
47. Fond farewell
48. Fresh as a daisy
49. Gentle as a lamb
50. Get the upper hand
51. Get up on the wrong side of the bed
52. Gild the lily
53. Grain of salt
54. Green as grass
55. Green with envy
56. Hale and hardy
57. Hand to mouth
58. Happy as a lark
59. Hard row to hoe
60. Head over heels
61. Heart of gold
62. High on the hog
63. Hungry as a bear
64. If truth be told
65. In the final analysis
66. In the long run
67. It goes without saying
68. It is the last straw
69. It stands to reason
70. Kettle of fish
71. Last but not least
72. Lean over backward
73. Leave in the lurch
74. Left-handed compliment
75. Let the cat out of the bag
76. Like a bolt out of the blue
77. Limp as a rag
78. Mad as a wet hen
79. Make hay when the sun shines
80. Make no bones
81. Meets the eye
82. Method in his/her madness
83. More easily said than done
84. Naked truth
85. Necessary evil
86. Never a dull moment
87. Nipped in the bud
88. Not to be sneezed at
89. On the ball
90. Open and shut
91. Opportunity knocks
92. Out of sight out of mind
93. Over a barrel
94. Pay the piper
95. Pretty as a picture
96. Pull his/her leg
97. Pull the wool over my eyes
98. Pure as the driven snow
99. Put a bug in your ear
100. Put on the dog
101. Put the best foot forward
102. Raining cats and dogs
103. Read someone the riot act
104. Red as a beet
105. Right down my/your alley
106. Ring true
107. Rub someone the wrong way
108. Sad but true
109. Save it for a rainy day
110. Self made man
111. Sell like hot cakes
112. Seventh heaven
113. Sick and tired
114. Sight to behold
115. Sing like a bird
116. Sow wild oats
117. Start the ball rolling
118. Steal thunder from someone
119. Stir up a hornet nest
120. Strong as an ox
121. Stubborn as a mule
122. Stuffed shirt
123. The bitter end
124. The jig/jog is up
125. Throw the book at
126. Tit for tat
127. Too funny for words
128. Turn over a new leaf
129. Waiting with baited breath
130. Wee small hours
131. Without further ado
132. Wolf in sheep's clothing
133. You can say that again
134. Your guess is as good as mine

[Celia]

9/134
1. A blushing bride
2. A fool and his money
3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder
4. Add insult to injury
5. Age before beauty
6. All in all
7. All that glitters is not gold
8. All things being equal
9. All work and no play
10. As luck would have it - "'As luck would have it, Papa's already got...'" p.13 2/23/20
11. Barking up the wrong tree
12. Best laid plans
13. Better late than never
14. Better mind your p's and q's
15. Beyond the pale
16. Blood is thicker than water
17. Blow off steam
18. Born with a silver spoon
19. Breathe a sigh of relief - "...found herself heaving a sigh of relief." p.44 1/31/20
20. Bright and early
21. Bring home the bacon
22. Budding genius
23. Busy as a bee
24. Butterflies in (my) stomach
25. Caught red-handed
26. Chip off the old block
27. Clear as mud
28. Cool as a cucumber
29. Dead as a doornail
30. Dead give away
31. Deaf as a post
32. Die is cast
33. Draw the line
34. Drink and be merry
35. Drunk as a skunk
36. Ear to the ground
37. Eat my hat
38. Face the music
39. Feather in (his/her) cap
40. Few and far between
41. Fill the bill
42. Fine and dandy
43. First and foremost
44. Fish out of water
45. Flesh and blood

[Celia]

46. Fly off the handle
47. Fond farewell
48. Fresh as a daisy
49. Gentle as a lamb
50. Get the upper hand - "...needed the upper hand." p.118 2/23/20
51. Get up on the wrong side of the bed
52. Gild the lily
53. Grain of salt
54. Green as grass
55. Green with envy
56. Hale and hardy
57. Hand to mouth - "Kitty's hand flew to her mouth." p.38 2/23/20
58. Happy as a lark
59. Hard row to hoe
60. Head over heels
61. Heart of gold
62. High on the hog
63. Hungry as a bear
64. If truth be told
65. In the final analysis
66. In the long run
67. It goes without saying
68. It is the last straw - "'It's also the last straw.'" p.7 2/23/20
69. It stands to reason
70. Kettle of fish
71. Last but not least
72. Lean over backward
73. Leave in the lurch
74. Left-handed compliment
75. Let the cat out of the bag
76. Like a bolt out of the blue
77. Limp as a rag
78. Mad as a wet hen
79. Make hay when the sun shines
80. Make no bones
81. Meets the eye
82. Method in his/her madness
83. More easily said than done
84. Naked truth
85. Necessary evil
86. Never a dull moment - "'Never a dull moment.'" p.93 2/23/20
87. Nipped in the bud
88. Not to be sneezed at
89. On the ball
90. Open and shut

[Celia]

91. Opportunity knocks
92. Out of sight out of mind
93. Over a barrel
94. Pay the piper
95. Pretty as a picture - "'You look pretty as a picture.'" p.60 2/23/20
96. Pull his/her leg - "...surely he was pulling my leg..." p.25 2/10/20
97. Pull the wool over my eyes
98. Pure as the driven snow
99. Put a bug in your ear
100. Put on the dog
101. Put the best foot forward
102. Raining cats and dogs
103. Read someone the riot act
104. Red as a beet
105. Right down my/your alley
106. Ring true
107. Rub someone the wrong way
108. Sad but true
109. Save it for a rainy day
110. Self made man - "...daughter of a self-made man..." p.37 2/23/20
111. Sell like hot cakes
112. Seventh heaven
113. Sick and tired
114. Sight to behold
115. Sing like a bird
116. Sow wild oats
117. Start the ball rolling
118. Steal thunder from someone
119. Stir up a hornet nest
120. Strong as an ox
121. Stubborn as a mule
122. Stuffed shirt
123. The bitter end
124. The jig/jog is up
125. Throw the book at
126. Tit for tat
127. Too funny for words
128. Turn over a new leaf
129. Waiting with baited breath
130. Wee small hours
131. Without further ado
132. Wolf in sheep's clothing
133. You can say that again
134. Your guess is as good as mine

[Kendra]

Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt
Duration: Jan. 20th, 2020 - ?

Levels:
Level 1: 25-49 Sayings
Level 2: 50-74 Sayings
Level 3: 75-99 Sayings
Level 4: 100-133 Sayings
Completed: All 134 Sayings

131/134

Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh - Jan. 21st, 2020
How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England: A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts by Ruth Goodman - Jan. 22nd, 2020
Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews - Jan. 26th, 2020
White Cat by Holly Black - Jan. 27th, 2020
Tea, Coffee Chocolate: How We Fell in Love with Caffeine by Melanie King - Jan. 27th, 2020
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 1 by Naoko Takeuchi - Jan. 28th, 2020
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard - Jan. 30th, 2020
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness - Feb. 5th, 2020
Firefly: Big Damn Hero by James Lovegrove - Feb. 13th, 2020
Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation by Ammon Shea - Feb. 19th, 2020
Red Glove by Holly Black - Feb. 28th, 2020
Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire - Feb. 24th, 2020
The Life and Times of Call the Midwife: The Official Companion to Season One and Two by Heidi Thomas - Feb. 28th, 2020
Chaos Choreography by Seanan McGuire - Mar. 5th, 2020
Victoria & Albert: A Royal Love Affair by Daisy Goodwin & Sara Sheridan - Mar. 4th, 2020
Magic for Nothing by Seanan McGuire - Mar. 8th, 2020
Tricks for Free by Seanan McGuire - Mar. 9th, 2020
Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come by Richard Preston - Mar. 16th, 2020
The Queen's Bargain by Anne Bishop - Mar. 19th, 2020
Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts by Kathryn Harkup - Mar. 22nd, 2020
Red-Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells - Mar. 26th, 2020
Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum by Michael McCreary - Mar. 25th, 2020
Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong by Jen Yates - Mar. 29th, 2020
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë - Apr. 1st, 2020
Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Moon Called Vol. 1 by Patricia Briggs - Apr. 3rd, 2020
Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life by Lucy Worsley - Apr. 5th, 2020
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum - Apr. 10th, 2020
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez - Apr. 12th, 2020
Me by Elton John - Apr. 18th, 2020
The Huntress by Kate Quinn - Apr. 20th, 2020
The Mage in Black by Jaye Wells - Apr. 22nd, 2020
Silver-Tongued Devil by Jaye Wells - May 8th, 2020
Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly VirusDavid Quammen - May 18th, 2020
Rosemary and Rue(Strangers in Court) by Seanan McGuire - May 23rd, 2020
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling - May 24th, 2020
The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa - May 27th, 2020
Firefly: The Magnificent Nine by James Lovegrove - June 5th, 2020
Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev - June 4th, 2020
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev - June 9th, 2020
The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to the Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific by David Bianculli - June 17th, 2020
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon - June 23rd, 2020
A Left-Handed History of the World by Ed Wright - June 22nd, 2020
The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas - June 28th, 2020
Take Us To Your Chief And Other Stories by Drew Hayden Taylor - July 2nd, 2020
Fantastic Beasts - The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling - July 3rd, 2020
Up and Down by Terry Fallis - July 7th, 2020
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara - July 10th, 2020
Otherland Volume Three: Mountain of Black Glass by Tad Williams - July 19th, 2020
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black - July 23rd, 2020
The Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside by Holly Black - July 28th, 2020
The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery - Aug. 4th, 2020
Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews - Aug. 11th, 2020
Fate's Edge by Ilona Andrews - Aug. 16th, 2020
Beach Read by Emily Henry - Aug. 23rd, 2020
How You Say It: Why You Talk the Way You Do—and What It Says About You by Katherine D. Kinzler - Aug. 25th, 2020
A Nation Worth Ranting About by Rick Mercer - Aug. 26th, 2020
Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews - Aug. 28th, 2020
Wildfire by Ilona Andrews - Aug. 30th, 2020
Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews - Sept. 3rd, 2020
To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters - Sept. 9th
Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones - Sept. 7th, 2020
The Sound of Music Story: How A Beguiling Young Novice, A Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time by Tom Santopietro - Sept. 11th, 2020
Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones - Sept. 16th, 2020
Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews - Sept. 17th, 2020
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman - Sept. 28th, 2020
The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones by Kim Renfro - Oct. 23rd, 2020
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis - Nov. 29th, 2020
The Trouble with Mistletoe by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 15th, 2020
Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones - Dec. 15th
Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones - Dec. 17th, 2020
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs - Dec. 24th, 2020
The Far Side Gallery 5 by Gary Larson - Dec. 30th, 2020
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert - Jan. 2nd, 2021
Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs - Jan. 7th, 2021
The Forever Girl by Jill Shalvis - Jan. 23rd, 2021
Night Broken by Patricia Briggs - Jan. 25th, 2021
Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs - Mar. 6th, 2021
Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - Mar. 13th, 2021
To Love and to Loathe by Martha Waters - Apr. 16th, 2021
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen - Apr. 26th, 2021
The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones - July 15th, 2021
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë - July 30th, 2021
Printer's Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History by Rebecca Romney & J.P. Romney - Oct. 3rd, 2021
Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones - Oct. 30th, 2021
Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming - Mar. 21st, 2022
Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh - Mar. 31st, 2022
D: A Tale of Two Worlds by Michel Faber - Apr. 11th, 2022
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin - Apr. 14th, 2022
Talking to Canadians by Rick Mercer - May 26th, 2022
Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections from a Grim Reaper's Yearlong Sabbatical by Brian Rea - June 7th, 2022
Neon Gods by Katee Robert - June 19th, 2022
The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth by Kurtis J. Wiebe - July 15th, 2022
Tinderbox: HBO's Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers by James Andrew Miller - July 18th, 2022
The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty - Nov. 18th, 2022
The Stone Collection by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm - Dec. 16th, 2022
Blurb Your Enthusiasm by Louise Willder - Jan. 24th, 2023
Orlando Bloom Has Ruined Everything by Bill Amend - Mar. 21st, 2023
Carnival by Una McCormack - Apr. 16th, 2023
Oscar Wars by Michael Schulman - Sept. 21st, 2023
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins - June 10th, 2024
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster - Oct. 4th, 2024
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid - Nov. 17th, 2024
Dead But Not Forgotten edited by Charlaine Harris - Sept. 26th, 2025

[Kendra]

Sayings:
1. A blushing bride Sailor Moon 1
"Form of the blushing bride" pg. 185
2. A fool and his money The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line
"Parting a fool from his money" pg. 319
3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder The Mage in Black
"Absence made the heart grow fonder" pg. 197
4. Add insult to injury Red-Headed Stepchild
"Talk about insult added to injury" pg. 132
5. Age before beauty Orlando Bloom Has Ruined Everything
"Age before beauty, fellas" pg. 28
6. All in all Seventh Grave and No Body
"All in all, the morning had been" pg. 191
7. All that glitters is not gold Jane Eyre
"All is not gold that glitters" pg. 665
8. All things being equal Printer's Error
"Therefore, all else being equal" @ 13%
9. All work and no play The Huntress
"All work and no play" @ 69%
10. As luck would have it Talking to Canadians
"And as luck would have it" @ 20%
11. Barking up the wrong tree Fate's Edge
"You're barking up the wrong tree, woman" pg. 167
12. Best laid plans The Sound of Music Story
"The best-laid plans of Hollywood" pg. 115
13. Better late than never To Love and To Loathe
"Better late than never" @ 69%
14. Better mind your p's and q's Burn for Me
"I'm going to mind my p's and q's" pg. 297
15. Beyond the pale To Have and to Hoax
"Done something beyond the pale" @ 17%
16. Blood is thicker than water White Cat
"But blood's thicker than water" pg. 173
17. Blow off steam Red Glove
"She needs to blow off steam" pg. 19
18. Born with a silver spoon Recipe for Persuasion
"Born with a diamond-encrusted spoon in his ungrateful mouth" @ 82%
19. Breathe a sigh of relief Slave to Sensation
"Breathed a sigh of relief" @ 89%
20. Bright and early Chaos Choreography
"Bright and early" pg. 296
21. Bring home the bacon The Blue Castle
"Bring in the bacon" pg. 217
22. Budding genius
23. Busy as a bee Sense and Sensibility
"Busy as a bee" pg. 109
24. Butterflies in (my) stomach Slave to Sensation
"Her stomach filled with a thousand butterflies" @ 65%
25. Caught red-handed - Big Damn Hero
"We caught Jamie Adare red-handed" pg. 272
26. Chip off the old block Me
"A chip off the old block, there" @ 80%
27. Clear as mud Bayou Moon
"Human manners were clear as mud" pg. 200
28. Cool as a cucumber Half-Off Ragnarok
"Cool as a cucumber" pg. 11
29. Dead as a doornail Bad English
"Deader than a doorknob" pg. 35
30. Dead give away Burn for Me
"That right there is your dead give away" pg. 17
31. Deaf as a post The Silver Chair
"But he's deaf as a post" pg. 53
32. Die is cast - Mountain of Black Glass
"I have cast the dice" pg. 534
33. Draw the line - Tricks for Free
"Drawing a hard, firm line" pg. 64
34. Drink and be merry The Forever Girl
"Now drink and be merry, or I'll..." @ 64%
35. Drunk as a skunk The Poisoner's Handbook
"To be skunk-drunk" @ 4%
36. Ear to the ground Night Broken
"Tell Adam to keep an ear to the ground" pg. 124
37. Eat my hat Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
"If one word of it was true, I'll eat my kettle" pg. 126
38. Face the music Eighth Grave After Dark
"I would have to face the music" pg. 85
39. Feather in (his/her) cap Sweep in Peace
"Supposed to be a feather in your cap" @ 89%
40. Few and far between Not My Father's Son
"My visits became fewer and far between" @ 34%
41. Fill the bill Big Damn Hero
"I'd say you fit the bill" pg. 219
42. Fine and dandy Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
"All well and dandy" @ 4%
43. First and foremost How You Say It
"First and foremost, Murphy wanted" @ 25%
44. Fish out of water How You Say It
"More like fish out of water than the twenty-year-olds" @ 22%
45. Flesh and blood The Crimes of Grindelwald
"Flesh and blood" pg. 271
46. Fly off the handle Third Grave Dead Ahead
"You fly off the handle" pg. 150
47. Fond farewell Tenant of Wildfell Hall
"Bade her a fond farewell" @ 78%
48. Fresh as a daisy Half-Off Ragnarok
"Fresh as a daisy" pg. 174
49. Gentle as a lamb Beach Read
"Douglas is gentle as a butterfly" @ 87%
50. Get the upper hand The Queen of Nothing
"Getting the upper hand" pg. 261
51. Get up on the wrong side of the bed Red-Headed Stepchild
"Who woke up on the wrong side of the bed" pg. 234
52. Gild the lily A Left-Handed History of the World
"Which rather gilded the lily" pg. 183
53. Grain of salt Cake Wrecks
"A grain of 'I have a sense of humor' salt" pg. 106
54. Green as grass Cry Wolf
"I may be as green as grass" pg. 163
55. Green with envy Believe Me
"Green with envy" pg. 83
56. Hale and hardy The Book of Life
"Look how hale and hearty I turned out" pg. 295
57. Hand to mouth Take Us To Your Chief And Other Stories
"Living hand to mouth" pg. 29
58. Happy as a lark Tinderbox
"Happy as a lark" pg. 231
59. Hard row to hoe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
"That way's a hard row for hoeing" @ 89%
60. Head over heels White Cat
"Head over heels in love" pg. 71
61. Heart of gold Me
"He had a heart of gold" @ 3%
62. High on the hog Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
"Still be living high on the hog" @ 64%
63. Hungry as a bear The Stone Collection
"Hungry as a horse" pg. 72
64. If truth be told Recipe for Persuasion
"Truth be told" @ 42%
65. In the final analysis Oscar Wars
"In the final analysis, from the moment" pg. 171
66. In the long run Storm Cursed
"In the long run, it might be more important" pg. 120
67. It goes without saying A Nation Worth Ranting About
"It goes without Saying" pg. 96
68. It is the last straw The Platinum Age of Television
"The proverbial last straw" @ 16%
69. It stands to reason How You Say It
"It stands to reason that these disparities" @ 6%
70. Kettle of fish Tea, Coffee Chocolate
"A pretty kettle of fish" pg. 31
71. Last but not least D: A Tale of Two Worlds
"Last, but not least" pg. 241
72. Lean over backward The Sound of Music Story
"You can't be bending over backwards" pg. 229
73. Leave in the lurch Animal Attraction
"And left us all in the lurch" @ 24%
74. Left-handed compliment The Queen of Nothing
"A backhanded compliment" pg. 80
75. Let the cat out of the bag How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England
"Not to let too many cats out of the bag" pg. 89
76. Like a bolt out of the blue Me
"As a bolt from the blue" @ 36%
77. Limp as a rag The Huntress
"Limp as a dishrag" @ 39%
78. Mad as a wet hen Talking to Canadians
"She's madder than a wet hen" @ 63%
79. Make hay when the sun shines Phantom Tollbooth
"The count makes hay while the sun shines" @ 34%
80. Make no bones The Book of Life
"Babies make no bones about it" pg. 406
81. Meets the eye Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet
"More to him than meets the eye" pg. 223
82. Method in his/her madness Eighth Grave After Dark
"Surely there was a method to his madness" pg. 93
83. More easily said than done Not My Father's Son
"But it was easier said than done" @ 65%
84. Naked truth Mountain of Black Glass
"The honest truth" pg. 344
85. Necessary evil The Book of Life
"As a necessary evil" pg. 12
86. Never a dull moment The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth
"Never a dull moment around here" pg. 22
87. Nipped in the bud Firefly: The Magnificent Nine
"Nipping the problem in the bud" pg. 69
88. Not to be sneezed at The Lady from the Black Lagoon
"Nothing to sneeze at" @ 37%
89. On the ball Blurb Your Enthusiasm
"On the ball today" pg. 317
90. Open and shut The Curse of Tenth Grave
"Open and shut isn't always wide or tight" pg. 66
91. Opportunity knocks Ebola
"Opportunity. It kept knocking." @ 63%
92. Out of sight out of mind Rosemary and Rue(Strangers in Court)
"Out of sight, out of mind" pg. 400
93. Over a barrel Angel's Blood
"So you think you have me over a barrel" @ 12%
94. Pay the piper Neon Gods
"Now it's time to pay the piper" @ 89%
95. Pretty as a picture Dead But Not Forgotten
The Scottish highlands were as pretty as a picture" pg. 299
96. Pull his/her leg Neverwhere
"Old Bailey was pulling his leg" @ 41%
97. Pull the wool over my eyes The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones
"And pull the wool over her costar's eyes" pg. 311
98. Pure as the driven snow Storm Cursed
"Clean as the driven snow" pg. 300
99. Put a bug in your ear Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Moon Called Vol. 1
"I know you put a bug in Adam's ear" pg. 57
100. Put on the dog The Far Side Gallery 5
"Origin of the expression 'putting on the dog' " pg. 65
101. Put the best foot forward Sweep with Me
"Few opportunities to put our best foot forward" @ 10%
102. Raining cats and dogs Fantastic Beasts - The Crimes of Grindelwald
"It's raining out there - cats and dogs" pg. 60
103. Read someone the riot act Silver-Tongued Devil
"Read me the riot act" pg. 251
104. Red as a beet The Huntress
"Red as a beet" @ 27%
105. Right down my/your alley The Life and Times of Call the Midwife
"That sounds right up my street" pg. 131
106. Ring true To Have and to Hoax
"Some ring of truth in them" @ 60%
107. Rub someone the wrong way Up and Down
"This guy was rubbing me the wrong way" pg. 45
108. Sad but true Death Wins a Goldfish
"Sad but true" pg. 3
109. Save it for a rainy day Wildfire
"He likes to put things away for a rainy day" pg. 58
110. Self made man Sapphire Flames
"Being a self-made man" pg. 211
111. Sell like hot cakes The Trouble with Mistletoe
"These are going to sell like hotcakes" @ 3%
112. Seventh heaven Carnival
"The winner was in seventh heaven" @ 65%
113. Sick and tired Funny, You Don't Look Autistic
"Sick and tired" @ 47%
114. Sight to behold The River of Silver
"Must have been a sight to behold" pg. 193
115. Sing like a bird The Worst Best Man
"He's going to sing like a canary" @ 19%

[Kendra]

116. Sow wild oats Victoria & Albert: A Royal Love Affair
"Sow his wild oats" pg. 294
117. Start the ball rolling Get a Life, Chloe Brown
"All she had to do was get the ball rolling" @ 21%
118. Steal thunder from someone Frost Burned
"I was getting better at stealing Adam's thunder" pg. 278
119. Stir up a hornet nest The Queen's Bargain
"We're about to kick a lot of hornets' nests" @ 84%
120. Strong as an ox Fate's Edge
"Gaston was strong like a bull" pg. 85
121. Stubborn as a mule Seventh Grave and No Body
" Strong as a mule and just as stubborn" pg. 319
122. Stuffed shirt Chaos Choreography
"Sounds like a stuffed shirt" pg. 7
123. The bitter end Crisis in the Red Zone
"To the bitter end" pg. 200
124. The jig/jog is up Magic for Nothing
"The jig was up" pg. 284
125. Throw the book at
126. Tit for tat The Friend Zone
"Tit for tat" @ 5%
127. Too funny for words
128. Turn over a new leaf Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
"Turn over a new leaf" @ 34%
129. Waiting with baited breath Eleventh Grave
"Waiting with baited breath" pg. 170
130. Wee small hours The Sound of Music Story
"Boozy wee-small hour revels" pg. 142
131. Without further ado The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
"Therefore, without more ado" @ 4%
132. Wolf in sheep's clothing Seventh Grave and No Body
"That of a witch in wolf's clothing" pg. 12
133. You can say that again Westing Game
"You can say that again" @ 39%
134. Your guess is as good as mine Death by Shakespeare
"Your guess is as good as mine" @ 25%

What I'm still looking for:

22. Budding genius
125. Throw the book at
127. Too funny for words

[Shash]

Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt
Open Ended

Levels:
Level 3: 75-99 Sayings
Level 4: 100-133 Sayings
Completed: All 134 Sayings

*Must be close to the exact words!

105/100-133 Sayings found

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The Lady and the Highwayman by Sarah M. Eden (1/21/20)
124. The jig/jog is up
"...conversation you and I had. The jig's up." (pg 147)

Love on the Rebound by Jennifer Youngblood (1/22/20)
10. As luck would have it
"As luck would have it, the guy from Introspective..." (Loc 1616)
19. Breathe a sigh of relief
"Everly breathed a sigh of relief when Jordan..." (Loc 1245)
45. Flesh and blood
"Jordan's not even his flesh and blood." (Loc 1545)
50. Get the upper hand
"...that he knew he had the upper hand..." (Loc 2126)
60. Head over heels
"...she could fall head over heels for Christian." (Loc 1130)
65. In the final analysis
"...in the final analysis, it is between you and your God..." (Loc 1361)
73. Leave in the lurch
"She hated leaving them in the lurch, but it..." (Loc 2466)

Valley of Dreams by Sarah M. Eden (1/24/20)
62. High on the hog
"We're living quite high off the hog here." (Loc 1180)
64. If truth be told
"Truth be told, he didn't mind too much." (Loc 2112)

Dumplings and Dynamite by Shanna Hatfield (1/26/20)
20. Bright and early
"I'll see you bright and early tomorrow." (Loc 561)
69. It stands to reason
"It stand to reason someone found out and got rid of him..." (Loc 3249)
78. Mad as a wet hen
"...mad as a soaking wet hen that he'd left me worrying about him..." (Loc 1445)
97. Pull the wool over my eyes
"...think she was pulling the wool over the eyes of the entire mining camp..." (Loc 1335)
119. Stir up a hornet nest
"Her answer stirred up a hornet's nest of questions..." (Loc 665)

The Committed Warrior by Cami Checketts (1/30/20)
24. Butterflies in (my) stomach
"Gunner's arm brushed hers and butterflies erupted in her stomach." (pg 118)
61. Heart of gold
"She had a heart of gold too." (pg 136)
96. Pull his/her leg
"...there was no indication he was pulling her leg." (pg 34)

Extreme Devotion by Cami Checketts (1/30/20)
113. Sick and tired
"...too serious lately and he was getting sick and tired of it..." (pg 122)

Fall from Trace by Rebecca Connolly (2/2/20)
33. Draw the line
"...but I draw the line at hitting a woman." (Loc 4426)

Love at the Ocean Breeze by Jennifer Youngblood (2/3/20)
3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder
"...what they say -- absence really does make the heart grow fonder." (pg 161)
11. Barking up the wrong tree
"No, no. You're barking up the wrong tree." (pg 35)
46. Fly off the handle
"Normally, he didn't fly off the handle like he had..." (pg 112)
75. Let the cat out of the bag
"...miracle that no one had let the cat out of the bag the night before..." (pg 44)

You're Only Old Once! by Dr. Seuss (2/2/20)
31. Deaf as a post
"...since you're not quite as deaf as a post." (pg 20)

First Love by Taylor Hart (2/3/20)
13. Better late than never
"...but I figure better late than never." (Loc 1569)
87. Nipped in the bud
"She was going to nip it in the bud." (Loc 1313)

The Solicitor's Son by Rachael Anderson (2/4/20)
4. Add insult to injury
"To add insult to injury, here we are alone..." (pg 120)
43. First and foremost
"...your name will always be first and foremost on any guest list..." (pg 152)
114. Sight to behold
"It was a difficult sight to behold, but also beautiful." (pg 215)

His Unexpected Heiress by Sally Britton (2/6/20)
101. Put the best foot forward
"...thought it wise to start with the best foot forward..." (Loc 1394)

The Rivals of Rosennor Hall by Rebecca Connolly
6. All in all
"All in all, it was best if he only saw her..." (Loc 196)
36. Ear to the ground
"...shall keep my ear to the ground and do all I can..." (Loc 957)
131. Without further ado
"...sidled out of the room without further ado." (Loc 1247)

Running from the Cowboy by Cami Checketts (2/9/20)
120. Strong as an ox
"Missy knew her mom was stronger than an ox." (Loc 412)

One Summer Day by Heather B. Moore (2/10/20)
66. In the long run
"...that wouldn't be good for Ruby in the long run." (pg 179)
95. Pretty as a picture
"...planned to get the girls outfitted 'pretty as pictures.'" (pg 59)
130. Wee small hours
"...he'd come home in the wee hours of the morning..." (pg 25)

An Agent for Marianne by Christine Sterling (2/10/20)
81. Meets the eye
"...there is much more to you than meets the eye." (Loc 706)

Crosscheck by Rebecca Connolly (2/12/20)
72. Lean over backward
"I have bent over backwards to keep you in it." (pg 186)

A Twist of Date by Susan Hatler (2/12/20)
71. Last but not least
"Last but not least, number six." (pg 43)

Her App, a Match, and the Billionaire by Maria Hoagland (2/13/20)
44. Fish out of water
"She would have been the fish out of water there." (pg 160)
106. Ring true
"Lizzie hoped it would ring true." (pg 38)

The Curse of February Fourteenth by Liz Isaacson (2/14/20)
99. Put a bug in your ear
"He'd even put a bug in Heidi's ear about anyone new..." (Loc 251)

Catch a Falling Star by Cindy Roland Anderson (2/18/20)
74. Left-handed Compliment
"Londyn ignored the backhanded compliment that he thought she was pretty..." (Loc 118)
133. You can say that again
"'You could say that again.' He didn't let her repeat..." (Loc 2494)

Saving the Billionaire's Daughter by Jennifer Youngblood (2/21/20)
18. Born with a silver spoon
"...brought up differently...with a silver spoon in her mouth." (Loc 544)
30. Dead give away
"Ellie's voice squeaked, a dead giveaway that she wasn't being honest." (Loc 73)
32. Die is cast
"...when Judd defended her against Andy, well, the die was cast." (Loc 784)

An Agent for Fallon by Ginny Sterling (2/23/20)
12. Best laid plans
"...his next words caused the best-laid plans to backfire." (Loc 60)

Loving the Bully by Kelsie Fann (2/24/20)
110. Self made man
"...Hailey Bridges, was a self-made woman and ran her own salon." (Loc 1837)

Simply Anna by Jennifer Moore (2/25/20)
55. Green with envy
"...would have set the ladies of London green with envy." (pg 68)

Loving Her Fling by Heather B. Moore (2/26/20)
121. Stubborn as a mule
"...my parents' back door was as stubborn as a mule." (Loc 620)

The Lion, the Witch and the Library by Lucy McConnell (2/29/20)
9. All work and no play
"All work and no play make a boring life." (Loc 371)
89. On the ball
"He should have been more on the ball and arranged a nice dinner..." (Loc 219)

The Reluctant Guardian by Laura Beers (3/1/20)
129. Waiting with baited breath
"...she waited with bated breath for him to say something..." (Loc 2006)

The Island Patriot by Julia Keanini (3/4/20)
53. Grain of salt
"...taking the praise with a grain of salt." (Loc 1343)

The Love Boat Bachelor by Jerusha Agen, et. al. (3/7/20)
67. It goes without saying
"I guess it goes without saying, since you're a chaplain." (pg 175)

An Arrangement of Sorts by Rebecca Connolly (3/9/20)
40. Few and far between
"...sense of humor and smiles were few and far between." (Loc 3283)

Her Flyboy Billionaire Boss by Holly Stevenson (3/11/20)
17. Blow off steam
"...went for a run, but he needed to blow off steam." (Loc 1440)

A Note of Change by Esther Hatch, et. al. (3/20/20)
37. Eat my hat
"If it was a baby, though, he would eat his hat." (pg 8)
68. It is the last straw
"'...give a good thumping?' That was the last straw." (pg 190)

Saving His Heart by Jennifer Youngblood (3/21/20)
83. More easily said than done
"...for Colton to reach. But that was easier said than done." (Loc 1000)

A Summer of Stars by Lisa Watson (3/23/20)
38. Face the music
"It's time to face the music -- I need a complete overhaul." (Loc 420)

Scent of an Angel by Mimi Milan (3/26/20)
112. Seventh heaven
"...took a bad step -- went all seventh heaven on me." (Loc 6976)

The Fall of Lord Drayson by Rachael Anderson (4/11/20)
39. Feather in (his/her) cap
"...it would be a great feather in my cap if you could..." (pg 112)

The Donaldson Case by Diana Xarissa (4/15/20)
109. Save it for a rainy day
"I suppose I should put it away for a rainy day..." (Loc 654)

Saving Grace by Jennifer Youngblood & Amelia C. Adams (4/24/20)
70. Kettle of fish
"It was a fine kettle of fish, as her granddad..." (Loc 302)

The Princess Fugitive by Melanie Cellier (4/26/20)
15. Beyond the pale
"...his own father? That was beyond the pale." (pg 285)

The Princess Search by Melanie Cellier (4/29/20)
47. Fond farewell
"I exchanged a fond farewell with Josinna..." (pg 155)

Wickham by L.L. Muir (5/13/20)
94. Pay the piper
"Time to pay the piper, Walter." (Loc 2388)

Wyndham by L.L. Muir (5/20/20)
29. Dead as a doornail
"...her mobile. Dead as a doornail." (Loc 1056)

Payton by L.L. Muir (5/22/20)
118. Steal thunder from someone
"Don't be stealing the Lord's own thunder now." (Loc 119)

An Unnatural Beanstalk by Brittany Fichter (5/26/20)
77. Limp as a rag
"...dead, blackened and limp as rags." (pg 60)

Worth the Fall by Bria Quinlan (6/3/20)
48. Fresh as a daisy
"You're looking fresh as a daisy." (pg 112)
107. Rub someone the wrong way
"...something about him that rubs me the wrong way." (pg 167)

The Unlikely Bride by Kimberly Krey (6/5/20)
116. Sow wild oats
"...as a teenager, sowed some wild oats, I believe." (pg 25)

Duke of Knight by Elizabeth Johns (6/12/20)
88. Not to be sneezed at
"...family secrets would be nothing to sneeze at." (pg 211)

Black Knight by Elizabeth Johns (6/14/20)
134. Your guess is as good as mine
"Your guess is quite as good as mine, I fear." (Loc 2265)

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Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt


The Loyal Patriot by Cami Checketts (6/16/20)
21. Bring home the bacon
"I can bring home the bacon, dun-duh-dun-duh." (pg 26)

Sweet Water by Laurie Lewis (6/17/20)
28. Cool as a cucumber
"Pepper returned to her cool-as-a-cucumber persona." (Loc 959)

Home Improvement by Barbara Cool Lee (6/18/20)
98. Pure as the driven snow
"...never dated him, so he's pure as the driven snow." (pg 23)

Catching the Cowboy by Shanna Hatfield (6/20/20)
117. Start the ball rolling
"...an attorney to help get the ball rolling..." (Loc 2772)

Romancing Rebecca by Kimberley Montpetit (6/23/20)
86. Never a dull moment
"There's never a dull moment - at least not in the summer season." (pg 34)
92. Out of sight out of mind
"...we're out of sight, out of mind when you're gone." (pg 29)

Summer Hearts by Debby Lee, et.al. (6/23/20)
14. Better mind your p's and q's
"He'd be better off minding his p's and q's." (Loc 2938)
79. Make hay when the sun shines
"We better make hay while the sun shines, huh, sweet Lizzy?" (Loc 3764)
122. Stuffed shirt
"So much for thinking he was a stuffed shirt." (Loc 4614)
132. Wolf in sheep's clothing
"Maybe it's supposed to be a wolf in sheep's clothing." (Loc 5536)

Suffering the Scot by Nichole Van (6/26/20)
34. Drink and be merry
"...the men were allowed to drink and make merry?" (Loc 1763)

Much Ado About a Kiss by Heather Tullis (7/4/20)
103. Read someone the riot act
"...you were going to read me the riot act first." (pg 58)
128. Turn over a new leaf
"I've turned over a new leaf. You used to know me..." (pg 42)

Cooking With the Doc by Jennifer Youngblood, Craig Depew (7/8/20)
51. Get up on the wrong side of the bed
"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning." (pg 1)
82. Method in his/her madness
"...like I've lost my mind, but there's a method to my madness." (pg 85)

Embittered by K.M. Shea (8/26/20)
123. The bitter end
"She would remain silent to the bitter end." (pg 68)

The Billionaire's Second Chance by Kimberly Krey (9/2/20)
7. All that glitters is not gold
"Not all that glitters is gold, mia cara." (pg 26)
126. Tit for tat
"How about we go tit for tat?" (pg 51)

Forget Me Not by Sarah M. Eden (9/9/20)
1. A blushing bride
"The 'blushing bride' was not inspiring confidence in anyone." (pg 62)

The Merry Lives of Spinsters by Rebecca Connolly (9/13/20)
85. Necessary evil
"I am a necessary evil." (Loc 2747)

Before I Say Goodbye by Mary Higgins Clark (10/6/20)
26. Chip off the old block
"Nell MacDermott is a chip off the old block, though..." (pg 129)

The Mapmaker's Wife by Kathy L. Wheeler (10/6/20)
25. Caught red-handed
"'I caught her...red handed.' He stood and brushed the glass..." (Loc 1318)

And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss (10/11/20)
104. Red as a beet
"'Nothing,' I said, growing red as a beet..." (pg 32)

Lacy by Shanna Hatfield (11/24/20)
23. Busy as a bee
"You've been a busy little bee today." (pg 86)
108. Sad but true
"'It's sad, but true.' Grant affected a pout..." (pg 132)

Love Right by Rebecca Rode (11/25/20)
105. Right down my/your alley
"...lifelong relationship. Definitely not down your alley." (Loc 293)


Sayings:
2. A fool and his money
5. Age before beauty
8. All things being equal
16. Blood is thicker than water
22. Budding genius
27. Clear as mud
35. Drunk as a skunk
41. Fill the bill
42. Fine and dandy
49. Gentle as a lamb
52. Gild the lily
54. Green as grass
56. Hale and hardy
57. Hand to mouth
58. Happy as a lark
59. Hard row to hoe
63. Hungry as a bear
76. Like a bolt out of the blue
80. Make no bones
84. Naked truth
90. Open and shut
91. Opportunity knocks
93. Over a barrel
100. Put on the dog
102. Raining cats and dogs
111. Sell like hot cakes
115. Sing like a bird
125. Throw the book at
127. Too funny for words

[JoAnne]

Cyndee wrote: "Wow! This one will be tough!!"


But, Cyndee, I thought you liked a challenge!! LOL! :)

[JoAnne]

Welcome Cyndee, Ferenc, Emeli, Sandy, Celia, Kendra and Shash!

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Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt
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Levels:
Level 1: 25-49 Sayings
Level 2: 50-74 Sayings
Level 3: 75-99 Sayings
Level 4: 100-133 Sayings
Completed: All 134 Sayings

0/134 Sayings found

Sayings:
1. A blushing bride
2. A fool and his money
3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder
4. Add insult to injury
5. Age before beauty
6. All in all
7. All that glitters is not gold
8. All things being equal
9. All work and no play
10. As luck would have it
11. Barking up the wrong tree
12. Best laid plans
13. Better late than never
14. Better mind your p's and q's
15. Beyond the pale
16. Blood is thicker than water
17. Blow off steam
18. Born with a silver spoon
19. Breathe a sigh of relief
20. Bright and early
21. Bring home the bacon
22. Budding genius
23. Busy as a bee
24. Butterflies in (my) stomach
25. Caught red-handed
26. Chip off the old block
27. Clear as mud
28. Cool as a cucumber
29. Dead as a doornail
30. Dead give away
31. Deaf as a post
32. Die is cast
33. Draw the line
34. Drink and be merry
35. Drunk as a skunk
36. Ear to the ground
37. Eat my hat
38. Face the music
39. Feather in (his/her) cap
40. Few and far between
41. Fill the bill
42. Fine and dandy
43. First and foremost
44. Fish out of water
45. Flesh and blood
46. Fly off the handle
47. Fond farewell
48. Fresh as a daisy
49. Gentle as a lamb
50. Get the upper hand
51. Get up on the wrong side of the bed
52. Gild the lily
53. Grain of salt
54. Green as grass
55. Green with envy
56. Hale and hardy
57. Hand to mouth
58. Happy as a lark
59. Hard row to hoe
60. Head over heels
61. Heart of gold
62. High on the hog
63. Hungry as a bear
64. If truth be told
65. In the final analysis
66. In the long run
67. It goes without saying
68. It is the last straw
69. It stands to reason
70. Kettle of fish
71. Last but not least
72. Lean over backward
73. Leave in the lurch
74. Left-handed compliment
75. Let the cat out of the bag
76. Like a bolt out of the blue
77. Limp as a rag
78. Mad as a wet hen
79. Make hay when the sun shines
80. Make no bones
81. Meets the eye
82. Method in his/her madness
83. More easily said than done
84. Naked truth
85. Necessary evil
86. Never a dull moment
87. Nipped in the bud
88. Not to be sneezed at
89. On the ball
90. Open and shut
91. Opportunity knocks
92. Out of sight out of mind
93. Over a barrel
94. Pay the piper
95. Pretty as a picture
96. Pull his/her leg
97. Pull the wool over my eyes
98. Pure as the driven snow
99. Put a bug in your ear
100. Put on the dog
101. Put the best foot forward
102. Raining cats and dogs
103. Read someone the riot act
104. Red as a beet
105. Right down my/your alley
106. Ring true
107. Rub someone the wrong way
108. Sad but true
109. Save it for a rainy day
110. Self made man
111. Sell like hot cakes
112. Seventh heaven
113. Sick and tired
114. Sight to behold
115. Sing like a bird
116. Sow wild oats
117. Start the ball rolling
118. Steal thunder from someone
119. Stir up a hornet nest
120. Strong as an ox
121. Stubborn as a mule
122. Stuffed shirt
123. The bitter end
124. The jig/jog is up
125. Throw the book at
126. Tit for tat
127. Too funny for words
128. Turn over a new leaf
129. Waiting with baited breath
130. Wee small hours
131. Without further ado
132. Wolf in sheep's clothing
133. You can say that again
134. Your guess is as good as mine

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Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt
Duration: 01.22.2020 - Open Ended

Goal: Completed: All 134 Sayings
Done: 0/134

Levels:
Level 1: 25-49 Sayings
Level 2: 50-74 Sayings
Level 3: 75-99 Sayings
Level 4: 100-133 Sayings
Completed: All 134 Sayings

Sayings:
1. A blushing bride
2. A fool and his money
3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder
4. Add insult to injury
5. Age before beauty
6. All in all
7. All that glitters is not gold
8. All things being equal
9. All work and no play
10. As luck would have it
11. Barking up the wrong tree
12. Best laid plans
13. Better late than never
14. Better mind your p's and q's
15. Beyond the pale
16. Blood is thicker than water
17. Blow off steam
18. Born with a silver spoon
19. Breathe a sigh of relief
20. Bright and early
21. Bring home the bacon
22. Budding genius
23. Busy as a bee
24. Butterflies in (my) stomach
25. Caught red-handed
26. Chip off the old block
27. Clear as mud
28. Cool as a cucumber
29. Dead as a doornail
30. Dead give away
31. Deaf as a post
32. Die is cast
33. Draw the line
34. Drink and be merry
35. Drunk as a skunk
36. Ear to the ground
37. Eat my hat
38. Face the music
39. Feather in (his/her) cap
40. Few and far between
41. Fill the bill
42. Fine and dandy
43. First and foremost
44. Fish out of water
45. Flesh and blood
46. Fly off the handle
47. Fond farewell
48. Fresh as a daisy
49. Gentle as a lamb
50. Get the upper hand
51. Get up on the wrong side of the bed
52. Gild the lily
53. Grain of salt
54. Green as grass
55. Green with envy
56. Hale and hardy
57. Hand to mouth
58. Happy as a lark
59. Hard row to hoe
60. Head over heels
61. Heart of gold
62. High on the hog
63. Hungry as a bear
64. If truth be told
65. In the final analysis
66. In the long run
67. It goes without saying
68. It is the last straw
69. It stands to reason
70. Kettle of fish
71. Last but not least
72. Lean over backward
73. Leave in the lurch
74. Left-handed compliment
75. Let the cat out of the bag
76. Like a bolt out of the blue
77. Limp as a rag
78. Mad as a wet hen
79. Make hay when the sun shines
80. Make no bones
81. Meets the eye
82. Method in his/her madness
83. More easily said than done
84. Naked truth
85. Necessary evil
86. Never a dull moment
87. Nipped in the bud
88. Not to be sneezed at
89. On the ball
90. Open and shut
91. Opportunity knocks
92. Out of sight out of mind
93. Over a barrel
94. Pay the piper
95. Pretty as a picture
96. Pull his/her leg
97. Pull the wool over my eyes
98. Pure as the driven snow
99. Put a bug in your ear
100. Put on the dog
101. Put the best foot forward
102. Raining cats and dogs
103. Read someone the riot act
104. Red as a beet
105. Right down my/your alley
106. Ring true
107. Rub someone the wrong way
108. Sad but true
109. Save it for a rainy day
110. Self made man
111. Sell like hot cakes
112. Seventh heaven
113. Sick and tired
114. Sight to behold
115. Sing like a bird
116. Sow wild oats
117. Start the ball rolling
118. Steal thunder from someone
119. Stir up a hornet nest
120. Strong as an ox
121. Stubborn as a mule
122. Stuffed shirt
123. The bitter end
124. The jig/jog is up
125. Throw the book at
126. Tit for tat
127. Too funny for words
128. Turn over a new leaf
129. Waiting with baited breath
130. Wee small hours
131. Without further ado
132. Wolf in sheep's clothing
133. You can say that again
134. Your guess is as good as mine

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Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt
Duration: Open Ended
Started: January 20, 2020

Levels: Completed: All 134 Sayings


6. "the room was all in all to me" - loc. 659
13. "at first, but it's better late than never." - loc. 269
60. "made it go head over heels before me" - loc. 32
69. "But it stands to reason, his time being" - loc. 414


10. "As luck would have it, the fellow died" - loc. 151
64. "but truth be told, I'd rather have" - loc. 459
131. "Without further ado, Henry put his leg" - loc. 477
133. "«You can say that again,» he replied" - loc. 193


45. "a flesh and blood person had crossed" - loc. 333
81. "more to this situation than met the eye" - loc. 109


7. "Ah, but all that glitters is not gold." - loc. 252
15. "used to men thinking me beyond the pale" - loc. 378
32. "«The die is cast,» translated the earl." - loc. 396
67. "But it goes without saying that in return" - loc. 81
72. "who bent over backward to explain" - loc. 254
80. "who made no bones about challenging" - loc. 495
87. "observations had been nipped in the bud" - loc. 14
126. "Tit for tat, he told himself." - loc. 85
130. "in the wee hours of the morning" - loc. 416


19. "she didn't breathe a sigh of relief." - loc. 136
93. "you think you have me over a barrel?" - loc. 61


50. "of getting the upper hand, even without" - loc. 587
105. "Northern Aggression would be right up her alley" - loc. 102
123. "Hard core and kinky to the bitter end." - loc. 463


117. "Up to me to get the ball rolling then." - loc. 91


4. "to add insult to injury, you came to" - loc. 581
20. "out there bright and early this morning" - loc. 250
85. "but it was a necessary evil." - loc. 408


110. "you’re a self-made man, a guy with nothing" - loc. 142
124. and winced, like the jig was up." - loc. 100


3. "Perhaps absence really did make the heart grow fonder" - loc. 92
30. "«Isn’t all the blood a dead giveaway?»" - loc. 268
86. "There’s never a dull moment when you’re around." - loc. 40


33. "he drew the line at me actually killing" - loc. 549
42. "«I feel just fine and dandy now.»" - loc. 483
121. "«Mule-headed stubborn is another.»" - loc. 185


54. "emeralds green as grass, which he gave" - loc. 13%
57. "from hand to mouth, like an expectant dog" - loc. 66%
61. "he has a golden heart, as the saying is" - loc. 94%
68. "It would be the last straw, if we had to go" - loc. 1157
73. "your chance to leave us in the lurch." - loc. 49%
92. "out of sight and out of mind, in a very dark corner" - loc. 4%
128. "if you turn over a new leaf, and keep it turned" - loc. 69%


90. "It seemed pretty open and closed to me" - loc. 387
102. "It had been raining cats and dogs outside" - loc. 605


17. "I just do it to blow off steam" - loc. 111
49. "as gentle as a lamb, unless he was" - loc. 59


40. "found the cases few and far between." - loc. 68
43. "First and foremost a pragmatist" - loc. 98


47. "I bid Mrs. Potter a fond farewell" - loc. 479


11. "You’re barking up the wrong tree hauling Randy" - loc. 237
66. "And in the long run, hopefully it helps" - loc. 257


107. "this man just rubbed her the wrong way." - loc. 85
125. "they ought to throw the book at her" - loc. 436


36. "I do keep my ear to the ground, Douglas." - loc. 638


106. "Something about the theory did not ring true" - loc. 239


44. "a fish out of water in a strange land." - loc. 337


116. "Aunt Lil was still sowing her wild oats" - loc. 15
134. "«Your guess is as good as mine, which is why I only had one.»" - loc. 313


25. "Cynthia caught her red-handed, rifling through" - loc. 74%
114. "Cassidy, you are a sight to behold." - loc. 312


118. "Hey, don't be stealing my thunder." - loc. 369


18. "Born with the proverbial silver spoon, and he spat" - loc. 441
38. "I didn't face the music three years ago" - loc. 268


70. "was another kettle of fish entirely". - loc. 204
78. "Lynn Liggett, and she was mad as a wet hen". - loc. 316
97. "could pull the wool over the collective eye of Lawrenceton" - loc. 34
122. "substance below the stuffed-shirt exterior". - loc. 37


56. "His father's still hale and hearty." - loc. 333


89. "I need to get on the ball." - loc. 196


41. "doesn't quite fit the bill. You get pictures?" - loc. 628
113. "I'm damn sick and I'm tired of having to justify" - loc. 607


26. "I was a chip off the old block and had inherited" - loc. 54


53. "with what I might term a grain of salt." - loc. 273


28. "as cool as a cucumber; she was not sweating" - loc. 207
55. "I saw green for envy, I saw red for rage" - loc. 14
104. "and then flushed as red as a beet." - loc. 15


46. "don’t fly off the handle again, Harry" - loc. 581


12. "wreckers of all but the best laid plans." - loc. 23


39. "be a feather in her cap (as if her cap needed" - loc. 19


88. "Eye candy was nothing to sneeze at." - loc. 44
108. "Sad, but true. They weren’t her problems." - loc. 163


75. "to let the cat out of the bag in regards" - loc. 331


74. "a backhanded compliment, Hope didn’t know" - loc. 20
103. "again read her the riot act about putting" - loc. 373


24. "I had butterflies in my stomach as I told" - loc. 190
96. "She nudged me. “You’re pulling my leg.”" - loc. 466
101. "unless you put your best foot forward and act" - loc. 511


1. "want the blushing bride to hear about" - loc. 616


71. "And last but not least there was Fig" - loc. 146
111. "Going like hotcakes, property around here." - loc. 119


48. "Fresh as a daisy yet, but eager." - loc. 375


94. "they didn’t want to pay the piper?" – loc. 178


23. "as busy as a bee ever since dinner!" - loc. 406


8. "All other things being equal, yes, I suppose I would" – loc. 355


62. "she wasn’t living high on the hog now." – loc. 319


51. "I guess I got up on the wrong side of the bed too." – loc. 169


31. "Don’t worry about old Reg. He’s as deaf as a post." – loc. 18


82. "There is a method in his madness, and the rudimentary" - loc. 23%


2. "and said a fool and his money are soon parted" - loc. 53%


34. "Eat, drink and be merry! DJ, hit us" - loc. 14%


109. "she’d been saving this chore for a rainy day." - loc. 20%


120. "You know he’s as strong as an ox." - loc. 38%


95. "He was pretty as a picture with his long golden hair" - loc. 17%


100. "she decided to put on the dog, so she opted" - loc. 13%


29. "this morning, he’s as dead as the proverbial doornail." - loc. 64%


119. "You have a reputation of stirring up hornets’ nests" - loc. 34%


83. "This turned out to be more easily said than done" - loc. 87%


58. "If she was happy as a lark again" - loc. 33%


52. "«it probably is.» I gilded the lily. «He knows»" - loc. 81%


132. "You here in sheep’s clothing, you—you—wolf!" - loc. 73%


9. "All work and no play will make Kitty a dull girl." - loc. 64%
115. "is happily singing like a canary about" - loc. 96%


27. "Clear as mud. Allison, you sure" - loc. 89%

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Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt
Duration: Open Ended Started: January 20, 2020

Levels:
Level 1: 25-49 Sayings
Level 2: 50-74 Sayings
Level 3: 75-99 Sayings
Level 4: 100-133 Sayings
Completed: All 134 Sayings ←

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5. Age before beauty
14. Better mind your p's and q's
16. Blood is thicker than water
21. Bring home the bacon
22. Budding genius
35. Drunk as a skunk
37. Eat my hat
59. Hard row to hoe
63. Hungry as a bear
65. In the final analysis
76. Like a bolt out of the blue
77. Limp as a rag
79. Make hay when the sun shines
84. Naked truth
91. Opportunity knocks
98. Pure as the driven snow
99. Put a bug in your ear
112. Seventh heaven
127. Too funny for words
129. Waiting with baited breath
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Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt
Duration: 1/24/20 to 12/31/20

Levels:
Level 1: 25-49 Sayings
Level 2: 50-74 Sayings
Level 3: 75-99 Sayings
Level 4: 100-133 Sayings
Completed: All 134 Sayings

Sayings:
✔1. A blushing bride
.. it feels so good to be the blushing bride .. Pretty Things loc 5258

✔2. A fool and his money
... He gave me a comforting smile that said the fool and his money would all too soon be parted... 11/22/63 pg 740

3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder

✔4. Add insult to injury
.. his consolation prize added insult to injusry .. Someone to Watch Over loc 1654

✔5. Age before beauty
.. but, age before beauty, Frankenstein .. Every Now and Then loc 412

✔6. All in all
But all in all, I've been lucky .. The Spoon Stealer loc 4749

7. All that glitters is not gold
.. All that glitters isn't gold. But if it doesn't glitter, it's got no shot .. Prodigal Son loc 2796

8. All things being equal

9. All work and no play

✔10. As luck would have it
?. As luck would have it, .. The Spoon Stealer loc 484

11. Barking up the wrong tree

✔12. Best laid plans
.. but best laid plans and all that .. Every Now and Then loc 1943

13. Better late than never

✔14. Better mind your p's and q's
... Better mind your p’s and q’s, Amberson. That one’s a keeper... 11/22/63 pg 817

15. Beyond the pale

✔16. Blood is thicker than water
"Blood's thicker than water." The Night Birds pg 19

17. Blow off steam

✔18. Born with a silver spoon
.. seems to me you got a silver spoon up your ass .. The Astonishing Life of August March loc 235

✔19. Breathe a sigh of relief
.. Lennie breathed a sigh of relief .. Someone to Watch Over loc 1212

✔20. Bright and early
.. she showed up bright and early .. Every Now and Then loc 1243
21. Bring home the bacon
22. Budding genius

✔23. Busy as a bee
.. busier than a bunch of psycho bees .. pg 296
Monkeewrench

24. Butterflies in (my) stomach
25. Caught red-handed

✔26. Chip off the old block
.. treating her like a chip off the old block .. In Pieces pg 226

27. Clear as mud

✔28. Cool as a cucumber
.." deep into the cool-as-a-cucumber routine that fooled absolute no one" .. Monkeewrench pg 141

✔29. Dead as a doornail
.. his aspirations for room six dead as a doornail .. Someone to Watch Over loc 1947

✔30. Dead give away
.. that would be a dead giveaway .. Someone to Watch Over loc 2389

31. Deaf as a post

✔32. Die is cast
.. in just those few moments, the die, as Julius Caesar remarked, was cast .. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag pg 284

✔33. Draw the line
.. but I draw the line at long toenails .. The Spoon Stealer loc 1901

34. Drink and be merry
35. Drunk as a skunk
36. Ear to the ground
37. Eat my hat
38. Face the music
39. Feather in (his/her) cap

✔40. Few and far between
.. passing cars would be few and far between on this remote highway .. Snow Bound pg 7

41. Fill the bill
42. Fine and dandy

✔43. First and foremost
.. concerned with finding his family, first and foremost .. Snow Bound pg 84

✔44. Fish out of water
..he looked as startled as a fish thrown out of water .. The Streel loc 620

✔45. Flesh and blood
.. the fate of her own flesh and blood .. Someone to Watch Over loc 4838

46. Fly off the handle
47. Fond farewell
48. Fresh as a daisy
49. Gentle as a lamb

✔50. Get the upper hand
.. she had to regain the upper hand .. Someone to Watch Over loc 4455

51. Get up on the wrong side of the bed
52. Gild the lily

✔53. Grain of salt
.. so I'm taking all of this with a grain of salt .. Cactus Jack: A Novel loc 363

✔54. Green as grass
.. Kyle can charm the green off fresh cut grass .. Someone to Watch Over loc 4836

✔55. Green with envy
.. It's the stench of the green-eyed monster comin' off Mulrooney .. Every Now and Then loc 444

56. Hale and hardy
57. Hand to mouth

✔58. Happy as a lark
.. Louise was as happy as a lark .. The Spoon Stealer loc 3700

✔59. Hard row to hoe
.. Jerimiah left me with a hard row to hoe .. Two Thousand Grueling Miles pg 113

✔60. Head over heels
.. tumbling down the stairs, head over heels .. loc 2228 Snow

✔61. Heart of gold
.. Alice had a heart of gold .. loc 4271
Dovetail: A Novel of Love Everlasting

62. High on the hog

✔63. Hungry as a bear
.. I was starved, hungry enough to eat a .. well, to eat a slice of Mrs Mullet's icky custard pie .. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie pg 152

✔64. If truth be told
.. truth be known, I have enough to get to Oregon .. Two Thousand Grueling Miles pg 25

65. In the final analysis
66. In the long run

✔67. It goes without saying
.. it goes without saying that my mother's generation .. In Pieces pg 243

68. It is the last straw
69. It stands to reason

✔70. Kettle of fish
.. Now here was a pretty kettle of flounders .. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie pg 151

71. Last but not least
72. Lean over backward
73. Leave in the lurch
74. Left-handed compliment


✔75. Let the cat out of the bag
.. John didn't mean to let the cat out of the bag by telling Alice .. loc 3642
Dovetail: A Novel of Love Everlasting

✔76. Like a bolt out of the blue
.. Flora announced out of the blue .. The Spoon Stealer loc 1414

77. Limp as a rag
78. Mad as a wet hen
79. Make hay when the sun shines
80. Make no bones
81. Meets the eye
82. Method in his/her madness
83. More easily said than done

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84. Naked truth
85. Necessary evil
86. Never a dull moment
87. Nipped in the bud
88. Not to be sneezed at

✔89. On the ball
.. had to have a lot on the ball .. Every Now and Then loc 486

90. Open and shut
91. Opportunity knocks

✔92. Out of sight out of mind
.. I tucked the whole experience out of sight, hidden it in the back of my mind .. In Pieces pg 398

93. Over a barrel
94. Pay the piper

✔95. Pretty as a picture
.. sweet thing and as pretty as a picture .. The Spoon Stealer loc 389

96. Pull his/her leg

✔97. Pull the wool over my eyes
You can attempt to pull the wool over my eyes, but I shall only continue on my own .. The Body in the Garden loc 1522

98. Pure as the driven snow

✔99. Put a bug in your ear
.. I can put a bug in someone's ear .. The Spoon Stealer loc 3055

100. Put on the dog
101. Put the best foot forward
102. Raining cats and dogs
103. Read someone the riot act
104. Red as a beet

✔105. Right down my/your alley
.. would be more up her alley .. Every Now and Then loc 67

✔106. Ring true
.. Lennie's story would ring true .. Someone to Watch Over loc 4944

107. Rub someone the wrong way
108. Sad but true

✔109. Save it for a rainy day
Pg 105 .. "And thank heavens I've gotsomething put by for a raint day." The American Agent

110. Self made man
111. Sell like hot cakes
112. Seventh heaven
113. Sick and tired
114. Sight to behold

✔115. Sing like a bird
.. that we have a songbird in our midst .. loc 3616
Dovetail: A Novel of Love Everlasting

116. Sow wild oats
117. Start the ball rolling
118. Steal thunder from someone
119. Stir up a hornet nest
120. Strong as an ox

✔121. Stubborn as a mule
.. she's as stubborn as a mule .. The Spoon Stealer loc 4999

✔122. Stuffed shirt
.. no more stuffed shirt and pain-in-the-ass rat .. The Spoon Stealer loc 4233

✔123. The bitter end
.. be here until the bitter end .. The Spoon Stealer loc 875

124. The jig/jog is up
125. Throw the book at

✔126. Tit for tat
.. now I'm here to give him my tit for his tat .. pg 322
Monkeewrench

127. Too funny for words
128. Turn over a new leaf
129. Waiting with baited breath

✔130. Wee small hours
.. in the wee hours he was called over .. Every Now and Then loc 1791

✔131. Without further ado
.. so, without further ado .. Every Now and Then loc 727

132. Wolf in sheep's clothing

✔133. You can say that again
.. say that one more time .. Snow Bound pg 22

134. Your guess is as good as mine

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Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt

Just to be clear, we're supposed to find the entire saying in the text, right?

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Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt
Duration: Open Ended from your start date
Date Started: February 1, 2020
Date Completed: October 26, 2020

Levels:
Level 2: 50-74 Sayings - 60

Sayings:
1. A blushing bride - Hanchart Land by Becky Barker - 10/26/20 - LOC 1924 She knew she must look like a blushing bride
2. A fool and his money - March Street Murder (March Street 1) by Estelle Richards - 6/20/20 - Pg 47 "A fool and his money are soon parted,"
3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder - It's Not Christmas Without You (Holloway 1) by HelenKay Dimon - 6/14/2020 - LOC 50 That whole absence-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder thing?
4. Add insult to injury - Hanchart Land by Becky Barker - 10/26/20 - LOC 1564 That would add insult to injury
6. All in all - Three Little Words (Walker Family 0.5) by Melissa Tagg - 3/5/20 - LOC 388 But all in all, it's going smoother than I expected
8. All things being equal - The Guitarist by Ian Thomas Healy - 5/12/20 - LOC 1450 all things being equal, Ginger with Molly was a much better band
9. All work and no play - Night Shift: My Adventures As A Convenience Store Clerk by Donald C. Williams - LOC 1108 - It wasn't all work and no play
10. As luck would have it - Grave in the Garage (Reverend Annabelle Dixon 3) by Alison Golden - 4/27/20 - Pg. 184 As luck would have it, Annabelle's crush, Inspector Mike Nicholls
11. Barking up the wrong tree - Narcissist in the Daffodils (Greene Fields 1) by Kristy E. Carter - 2/10/20 - LOC 158 - "You are barking up the wrong tree, here Leo"
12. Best laid plans - Apple Die (Apple Orchard 1) by Chelsea Thomas - 7/11/20 - Pg. 33 But as they say...the best laid plans often turn up dead in the creek
14. Better mind your p's and q's - Costa del Churros by Isabella May - 9/5/20 - LOC 2880 imploring her to be mindful of her P's and Q's
17. Blow off steam - The Post-it Note Affair: A Romance Novelette of Love Lost and Found by Justine Avery - 8/28/20 - Pg. 32 ...which just made me need to blow off more steam
18. Born with a silver spoon - Escape to Osprey Cove (Osprey Cove Lodge 1) by Luisa Marietta Gold - 6/24/20 - Pg 64 of being the girl born with a silver spoon in her mouth.
19. Breathe a sigh of relief - Narcissist in the Daffodils (Greene Fields 1) by Kristy E. Carter - 2/10/20 - LOC 567 - took a deep breath and sighed in relief
20. Bright and early - BBQ, Bikers[author:Kelly Running, and Murder|32830112] (Hawg Heaven 1) by Summer Prescott - 2/24/20 - Pg 89 I'll have my guys out bright and early tomorrow
24. Butterflies in (my) stomach - Celtic Ties (Lizzy O'Malley 2) by Kelly Running - 3/19/20 - Pg. 4 - I had butterflies in my stomach
25. Caught red-handed - Two Down, Bun to Go (Oxford Tearoom 3) by H.Y. Hanna - 3/31/20 - Pg. 117 - and then being "caught red-handed"
28. Cool as a cucumber - Seashells, Spells & Caramels (Spells and Caramels 1) by Erin Johnson - 4/4/20 - Pg 38 - I'm cool as a cucumber
29. Dead as a doornail - Apple Pie and Trouble (Sandy Bay 1) by Amber Crewes - 8/5/20 - Pg. 27 "I found him, dead as a doornail, "
30. Dead give away - BBQ, Bikers, and Murder (Hawg Heaven 1) by Summer Prescott - 2/24/20 - Pg. 58 Rossalyn's eyes were a dead giveaway
33. Draw the line - Gone With The Ghost (Murder By Design 1) by Erin McCarthy - 5/7/20 - Pg. 12 I have to draw the line somewhere
35. Drunk as a skunk- Murder Comes South by Lila Beckham - 9/11/20 - Pg 110 "Even if he had been drunk as a skunk, ..."
38. Face the music - The Trouble with Playing Cupid (Cupid 1) by Tamara Philip - 6/11/2020 - LOC 216 Oh well. Time to face the music.
39. Feather in (his/her) cap - Old Bones (Hetty Fox 3) by Anna Drake - 7/13/20 - LOC 778 "That's quite a feather in your cap"
44. Fish out of water - Seashells, Spells & Caramels (Spells and Caramels 1) by Erin Johnson - 4/4/20 - Pg. 78 - My mouth opening and closing like A fish out of water
45. Flesh and blood - 3 a.m. (Henry Bins 1) by Nick Pirog - 4/19/20 - Pg. 99 and low and behold it's my own flesh and blood
46. Fly off the handle - Cookies with a Side of Murder (Daley Buzz 5) by Meredith Potts - 7/9/20 - LOC 915 Just as George was getting closer to flying off the handle, David made a conscious effort to keep as even of a keel as possible
48. Fresh as a daisy - Costa del Churros by Isabella May - 9/5/20 - LOC 2157 Georgina needed to be fresh as a daisy
49. Gentle as a lamb - The Long Winter (Little House 6) by Laura Ingalls Wilder - 6/8/2020 - Pg. 156 "David followed me as gentle as a lamb, stepping carefully
50. Get the upper hand - The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro - 5/15/2020 - Pg. 263 But you have the upper hand
52. Gild the lily - March Street Murder (March Street 1) by Estelle Richards - 6/20/20 - Pg 57 I urge him toward the space between the back doors of the Gilded Lily and the March Street Cafe
53. Grain of salt - Murder Comes South by Lila Beckham - 9/11/20 - Pg 182 I had always taken stuff like that with a grain of salt
56. Hale and hardy - Two Down, Bun to Go (Oxford Tearoom 3) by H.Y. Hanna - 3/31/20 - Pg. 439 - Despite his hale and hearty appearance
60. Head over heels - Gone With The Ghost (Murder By Design 1) by Erin McCarthy - 5/7/20 - Pg. 47 I was head over heels for him
61. Heart of gold - The Long Winter (Little House 6) by Laura Ingalls Wilder - 6/8/2020 - Pg 113 "He has a heart of gold," said Ma
64. If truth be told - Death Takes A Break: A Taylor Texas Mystery (Taylor Texas 1) by Vikki Walton - 6/30/20 - LOC 252 Truth be told, she'd never been little either
66. In the long run - Brides and Blades (Bakers and Bulldogs 2) by Rosie Sams - 7/4/20 - LOC 1056 will only make the situation worse in the long run,
67. It goes without saying - Escape to Osprey Cove (Osprey Cove Lodge 1) by Luisa Marietta Gold - 6/24/20 - Pg 226 "I know it goes without saying, but if you need any help
68. It is the last straw - Seashells, Spells & Caramels (Spells and Caramels 1) by Erin Johnson - 4/4/20 - Pg. 5 - that was the final straw.
69. It stands to reason - Narcissist in the Daffodils (Greene Fields 1) by Kristy E. Carter - 2/10/20 - LOC 735 - It stands to reason, though,
71. Last but not least - Seashells, Spells & Caramels (Spells and Caramels 1) by Erin Johnson - 4/4/20 - Pg. 102 - "last but not least," Amelia continued,
72. Lean over backward - Love Like Fire (Hearts in Hendricks 2) by D.E. Malone - 5/11/20 - Pg. 206 he remembered how he'd bent over backwards for her
73. Leave in the lurch - The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro - 5/15/2020 - Pg. 257 She was the one leaving him in the lurch
74. Left-handed compliment - Gone With The Ghost (Murder By Design 1) by Erin McCarthy - 5/7/20 - Pg. 99 She was also master of the backhanded compliment
75. Let the cat out of the bag - Costa del Churros by Isabella May - 9/5/20 - LOC 3769 he'd simply have kittens if she let this proverbial cat out of the bag
76. Like a bolt out of the blue - Costa del Churros by Isabella May - 9/5/20 - LOC 880 presumably because of the bolt out of the blue
79. Make hay when the sun shines - The Long Winter (Little House 6) by Laura Ingalls Wilder - 6/8/2020 - Pg 13 We better make hay while the sun shines
81. Meets the eye - The Guitarist by Ian Thomas Healy - 5/12/20 - LOC there was far more to the schoool dealer than met the eye
87. Nipped in the bud - Costa del Churros by Isabella May - 9/5/20 - LOC 1611 Julia needed to nip this 'brainwave' in the bud quickly.
88. Not to be sneezed at - The Long Winter (Little House 6) by Laura Ingalls Wilder - 6/8/2020 - Pg 196 "Potatoes and salt aren't to be sneezed at either"
89. On the ball - Murder on Vancouver Island: Hatred, prejudice, or a heinous crime without motive? (DI William Gibson 1) by Kathy Garthwaite - 7/26/20 - Pg 196 The waitress was on the ball

[SANDYE]

Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt (2 of 2)

92. Out of sight out of mind The Trouble with Playing Cupid (Cupid 1) by Tamara Philip - 6/11/2020 - LOC 1244 out of sight and out of mind was his unofficial stance on relationships
94. Pay the piper - Beachcomber Love (Beachcomber Investigations 7.7) by Stephanie Queen - 6/15/2020 - LOC 58 and it's time to pay the piper
96. Pull his/her leg - Chocolate Most Deadly (Sky High Pies 2) by Mary Maxwell - 7/14/20 - Pg. 54 I'm just pulling your leg!
97. Pull the wool over my eyes - Chocolate Most Deadly (Sky High Pies 2) by Mary Maxwell - 7/14/20 - Pg. Or is this one of the times you're pulling the wool over my eyes?
102. Raining cats and dogs - The Book Boyfriend by Karli Perrin - 5/2/20 - LOC 426 Oh look, it's raining cats and dogs
104. Red as a beet - The Trouble with Playing Cupid (Cupid 1) by Tamara Philip - 6/11/2020 - LOC 862 She turned beet red and flopped face down on the couch.
106. Ring true - Cold Cut Murder (Darling Deli 3) by Patti Benning - 8/28/20 - Pg. 107 but the words didn't ring quite true
113. Sick and tired - Escape to Osprey Cove (Osprey Cove Lodge 1) by Luisa Marietta Gold - 6/24/20 - Pg 119 That is another thing I am sick and tired of
116. Sow wild oats - Table for One by Leah Atwood - 7/15/20 - LOC 871 "I never sowed my wild oats, so to speak."
119. Stir up a hornet nest - Old Bones (Hetty Fox 3) by Anna Drake - 7/13/20 - LOC 256 Other than stirring up this hornets' nest, she seems like she'll make a pretty decent member
120. Strong as an ox - Grave in the Garage (Reverend Annabelle Dixon 3) by Alison Golden - 4/27/19 - Pg. 45 strong as an ox, though you wouldn't know it
125. Throw the book at - Brides and Blades (Bakers and Bulldogs 2) by Rosie Sams - 7/4/20 - LOC 1222 I'm thinking they're going to be might peeved and throw the book at me
126. Tit for tat - Celtic Ties (Lizzy O'Malley 2) by Kelly Running - 3/19/20 - Pg 111 Disrespect is tit for tat
128. Turn over a new leaf - Chocolate Most Deadly (Sky High Pies 2) by Mary Maxwell - 7/14/20 - Pg. 183 For somebody who's supposedly sober and turning over a new leaf, Heidi's still playing the same old games
129. Waiting with baited breath - Seashells, Spells & Caramels (Spells and Caramels 1) by Erin Johnson - 4/4/20 - Pg. 238 -I waited with bated breath as the judges made their way
130. Wee small hours - Murder on Vancouver Island: Hatred, prejudice, or a heinous crime without motive? (DI William Gibson 1) by Kathy Garthwaite - 7/26/20 - Pg. 100 Unbeknownst to Gibson during the wee hours of the morning, two patrolmen were dispatched
132. Wolf in sheep's clothing - Costa del Churros by Isabella May - 9/5/20 - LOC 2297 How very wolf in sheep's clothing of this ferry
133. You can say that again - Costa del Churros by Isabella May - 9/5/20 - LOC 3475 "You can say that again," said Belinda
134. Your guess is as good as mine - Death Visits the Hair Salon (Mysteries of Marion 1) by Amy Andersen - 3/3/20 - LOC 161 "Your guess is as good as mine." They left and got back in Ruth's car.

[SANDYE]

Reserved

[Mycal]

Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt
Duration: Open Ended from your start date
Date Started: February 1, 2020
Date Completed:

*There is no limit to how many sayings you can get per book.
*For each word please post a link to the book, the author, the date you finished it, plus the page number/location and a partial sentence where you found the word.
*Must be close to the exact words!

Levels:
Level 1: 25-49 Sayings
Level 2: 50-74 Sayings
Level 3: 75-99 Sayings
Level 4: 100-133 Sayings
Completed: All 134 Sayings

Sayings:
1. A blushing bride
2. A fool and his money
3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder
4. Add insult to injury
5. Age before beauty
6. All in all
7. All that glitters is not gold
8. All things being equal
9. All work and no play
10. As luck would have it
11. Barking up the wrong tree
12. Best laid plans
13. Better late than never
14. Better mind your p's and q's
15. Beyond the pale
16. Blood is thicker than water
17. Blow off steam
18. Born with a silver spoon
19. Breathe a sigh of relief
20. Bright and early
21. Bring home the bacon
22. Budding genius
23. Busy as a bee
24. Butterflies in (my) stomach
25. Caught red-handed
26. Chip off the old block
27. Clear as mud
28. Cool as a cucumber
29. Dead as a doornail
30. Dead give away
31. Deaf as a post
32. Die is cast
33. Draw the line
34. Drink and be merry
35. Drunk as a skunk
36. Ear to the ground
37. Eat my hat
38. Face the music
39. Feather in (his/her) cap
40. Few and far between
41. Fill the bill
42. Fine and dandy
43. First and foremost
44. Fish out of water
45. Flesh and blood
46. Fly off the handle
47. Fond farewell
48. Fresh as a daisy
49. Gentle as a lamb
50. Get the upper hand
51. Get up on the wrong side of the bed
52. Gild the lily
53. Grain of salt
54. Green as grass
55. Green with envy
56. Hale and hardy
57. Hand to mouth
58. Happy as a lark
59. Hard row to hoe
60. Head over heels
61. Heart of gold
62. High on the hog
63. Hungry as a bear
64. If truth be told
65. In the final analysis
66. In the long run
67. It goes without saying
68. It is the last straw
69. It stands to reason
70. Kettle of fish
71. Last but not least
72. Lean over backward
73. Leave in the lurch
74. Left-handed compliment
75. Let the cat out of the bag
76. Like a bolt out of the blue
77. Limp as a rag
78. Mad as a wet hen
79. Make hay when the sun shines
80. Make no bones
81. Meets the eye
82. Method in his/her madness
83. More easily said than done
84. Naked truth
85. Necessary evil
86. Never a dull moment
87. Nipped in the bud
88. Not to be sneezed at
89. On the ball
90. Open and shut
91. Opportunity knocks
92. Out of sight out of mind
93. Over a barrel
94. Pay the piper
95. Pretty as a picture
96. Pull his/her leg
97. Pull the wool over my eyes
98. Pure as the driven snow
99. Put a bug in your ear
100. Put on the dog
101. Put the best foot forward
102. Raining cats and dogs
103. Read someone the riot act
104. Red as a beet
105. Right down my/your alley
106. Ring true
107. Rub someone the wrong way
108. Sad but true
109. Save it for a rainy day
110. Self made man
111. Sell like hot cakes
112. Seventh heaven
113. Sick and tired
114. Sight to behold
115. Sing like a bird
116. Sow wild oats
117. Start the ball rolling
118. Steal thunder from someone
119. Stir up a hornet nest
120. Strong as an ox
121. Stubborn as a mule
122. Stuffed shirt
123. The bitter end
124. The jig/jog is up
125. Throw the book at
126. Tit for tat
127. Too funny for words
128. Turn over a new leaf
129. Waiting with baited breath
130. Wee small hours
131. Without further ado
132. Wolf in sheep's clothing
133. You can say that again
134. Your guess is as good as mine

[JoAnne]

SANDYE wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "

Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt

Just to be clear, we're supposed to find the entire saying in the text, right?"

YES or something very close.

[JoAnne]

Welcome SANDYE and Mycal!

[JenniferR]

Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt
Duration: Open-Ended from your start date
*There is no limit to how many sayings you can get per book.

Levels:
Level 2: 50-74 Sayings
Level 3: 75-99 Sayings

0/50-74 or 75-99

1. A blushing bride
2. A fool and his money
3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder
4. Add insult to injury
5. Age before beauty
6. All in all
7. All that glitters is not gold
8. All things being equal
9. All work and no play
10. As luck would have it
11. Barking up the wrong tree
12. Best laid plans
13. Better late than never
14. Better mind your p's and q's
15. Beyond the pale
16. Blood is thicker than water
17. Blow off steam
18. Born with a silver spoon
19. Breathe a sigh of relief
20. Bright and early
21. Bring home the bacon
22. Budding genius
23. Busy as a bee
24. Butterflies in (my) stomach
25. Caught red-handed
26. Chip off the old block
27. Clear as mud
28. Cool as a cucumber
29. Dead as a doornail
30. Dead give away
31. Deaf as a post
32. Die is cast
33. Draw the line
34. Drink and be merry
35. Drunk as a skunk
36. Ear to the ground
37. Eat my hat
38. Face the music
39. Feather in (his/her) cap
40. Few and far between
41. Fill the bill
42. Fine and dandy
43. First and foremost
44. Fish out of water
45. Flesh and blood
46. Fly off the handle
47. Fond farewell
48. Fresh as a daisy
49. Gentle as a lamb
50. Get the upper hand
51. Get up on the wrong side of the bed
52. Gild the lily
53. Grain of salt
54. Green as grass
55. Green with envy
56. Hale and hardy
57. Hand to mouth
58. Happy as a lark
59. Hard row to hoe
60. Head over heels
61. Heart of gold
62. High on the hog
63. Hungry as a bear
64. If truth be told
65. In the final analysis
66. In the long run
67. It goes without saying
68. It is the last straw
69. It stands to reason
70. Kettle of fish
71. Last but not least
72. Lean over backward
73. Leave in the lurch
74. Left-handed compliment
75. Let the cat out of the bag
76. Like a bolt out of the blue
77. Limp as a rag
78. Mad as a wet hen
79. Make hay when the sun shines
80. Make no bones
81. Meets the eye
82. Method in his/her madness
83. More easily said than done
84. Naked truth
85. Necessary evil
86. Never a dull moment
87. Nipped in the bud
88. Not to be sneezed at
89. On the ball
90. Open and shut
91. Opportunity knocks
92. Out of sight out of mind
93. Over a barrel
94. Pay the piper
95. Pretty as a picture
96. Pull his/her leg
97. Pull the wool over my eyes
98. Pure as the driven snow
99. Put a bug in your ear
100. Put on the dog
101. Put the best foot forward
102. Raining cats and dogs
103. Read someone the riot act
104. Red as a beet
105. Right down my/your alley
106. Ring true
107. Rub someone the wrong way
108. Sad but true
109. Save it for a rainy day
110. Self made man
111. Sell like hot cakes
112. Seventh heaven
113. Sick and tired
114. Sight to behold
115. Sing like a bird
116. Sow wild oats
117. Start the ball rolling
118. Steal thunder from someone
119. Stir up a hornet nest
120. Strong as an ox
121. Stubborn as a mule
122. Stuffed shirt
123. The bitter end
124. The jig/jog is up
125. Throw the book at
126. Tit for tat
127. Too funny for words
128. Turn over a new leaf
129. Waiting with baited breath
130. Wee small hours
131. Without further ado
132. Wolf in sheep's clothing
133. You can say that again
134. Your guess is as good as mine

[JoAnne]

Welcome Jenny!

[Shash]

Would you accept any of these JoAnne?

High off the hog for High on the hog

Bend over backwards for Lean over backwards

Wee hours for Wee small hours

[JoAnne]

Shash wrote: "Would you accept any of these JoAnne?

High off the hog for High on the hog

Bend over backwards for Lean over backwards

Wee hours for Wee small hours"

Sure. :)

[Shash]

JoAnne wrote: "Shash wrote: "Would you accept any of these JoAnne?

High off the hog for High on the hog

Bend over backwards for Lean over backwards

Wee hours for Wee small hours"

Sure. :)"

Thanks!

[Helen]

Helen A.

I am withdrawing from this one because I am not coming across any of these sayings!

[JoAnne]

Welcome Helen!!

[Daniel]

Trite Sayings Scavenger Hunt
Duration: Open Ended from your start date

Levels:
Level 1: 25-49 Sayings
Level 2: 50-74 Sayings
Level 3: 75-99 Sayings
Level 4: 100-133 Sayings
Completed: All 134 Sayings

Sayings:
1. A blushing bride
2. A fool and his money
3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder - p. 64 “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”
Independence Hall by Roland Smith 5/6/20
4. Add insult to injury
5. Age before beauty
6. All in all
7. All that glitters is not gold - p. 225 “All that glitters is not gold...”
The Serpent of Venice by Christopher Moore 5/21/20
8. All things being equal
9. All work and no play - p. 193 “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn 4/29/20
10. As luck would have it
11. Barking up the wrong tree - p. 174 “Barking up the Wrong Tree.”
The Overstory by Richard Powers 5/28/20
12. Best laid plans - p. 337 “...regardless of his best-laid plans.”
Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs 5/14/20
13. Better late than never - p. 64 “Better late than never.”
Reliquary by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 4/24/20
14. Better mind your p's and q's
15. Beyond the pale - p. 69 “I like being beyond the pale.”
The Gilded Scarab by Anna Butler 4/14/20
16. Blood is thicker than water
17. Blow off steam
18. Born with a silver spoon
19. Breathe a sigh of relief - p. 215 “Her handler breathes a sigh of relief.”
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher 5/2/20
20. Bright and early - p. 301 “...pick up ;my phone bright and early...”
Independence Hall by Roland Smith 5/6/20
21. Bring home the bacon - p. 376 “...bring home the boar bacon...”
The Overstory by Richard Powers 5/28/20
22. Budding genius
23. Busy as a bee
24. Butterflies in (my) stomach
25. Caught red-handed
26. Chip off the old block
27. Clear as mud
28. Cool as a cucumber
29. Dead as a doornail
30. Dead give away
31. Deaf as a post
32. Die is cast
33. Draw the line - p. 92 “...they all draw that line on something.”
Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs 5/14/20
34. Drink and be merry
35. Drunk as a skunk
36. Ear to the ground
37. Eat my hat
38. Face the music
39. Feather in (his/her) cap - p. 69 “...a bold feather in his cap...”
The Serpent of Venice by Christopher Moore 5/21/20
40. Few and far between
41. Fill the bill
42. Fine and dandy
43. First and foremost
44. Fish out of water
45. Flesh and blood - loc. 134 “Flesh and blood and steel...”
The Last Hero by Ben S. Dobson 5/7/20

[Daniel]

46. Fly off the handle
47. Fond farewell
48. Fresh as a daisy
49. Gentle as a lamb
50. Get the upper hand - p. 331 “seemed to be gaining the upper hand...”
Reliquary by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 4/24/20
51. Get up on the wrong side of the bed
52. Gild the lily p. 22 “...would be gilding the lily...”
The Serpent of Venice by Christopher Moore 5/21/20
53. Grain of salt
54. Green as grass
55. Green with envy - p. 272 “...known to be green with envy...”
The Gilded Scarab by Anna Butler 4/14/20
56. Hale and hardy
57. Hand to mouth - p. 331 “...weakened by hand-to-mouth lives...”
Reliquary by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 4/24/20
58. Happy as a lark
59. Hard row to hoe
60. Head over heels - p. 404 “...tumbling head over heels in the murky gloom.”
Reliquary by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 4/24/20
61. Heart of gold
62. High on the hog
63. Hungry as a bear
64. If truth be told - p. 170 “He has few enough of them, if truth be told.”
The Gilded Scarab by Anna Butler 4/14/20
65. In the final analysis - p. 43 “But in the final analysis I’ve learned...”
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher 5/2/20
66. In the long run
67. It goes without saying - p. 241 “...goes without saying...”
Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn 4/29/20
68. It is the last straw - p. 189 “That was the last straw.”
Reliquary by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 4/24/20
69. It stands to reason
70. Kettle of fish
71. Last but not least
72. Lean over backward
73. Leave in the lurch - p. 87 “...make Harrison leave me in the lurch...”
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher 5/2/20
74. Left-handed compliment
75. Let the cat out of the bag
76. Like a bolt out of the blue
77. Limp as a rag
78. Mad as a wet hen
79. Make hay when the sun shines
80. Make no bones
81. Meets the eye
82. Method in his/her madness
83. More easily said than done - p. 169 “Easier said than done.”
Reliquary by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 4/24/20
84. Naked truth
85. Necessary evil - p. 83 “A necessary evil, if I am able...”
The Dragon Machine by Ben S. Dobson 5/7/20
86. Never a dull moment
87. Nipped in the bud
88. Not to be sneezed at
89. On the ball - p. 169 “...always spin on the ball.”
Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn 4/29/20
90. Open and shut - p. 498 “...click a lighter open and shut...”
Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs 5/14/20

[Daniel]

91. Opportunity knocks
92. Out of sight out of mind
93. Over a barrel - p. 5 “...have us all over the barrel...”
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher 5/2/20
94. Pay the piper
95. Pretty as a picture
96. Pull his/her leg
97. Pull the wool over my eyes
98. Pure as the driven snow
99. Put a bug in your ear
100. Put on the dog
101. Put the best foot forward
102. Raining cats and dogs
103. Read someone the riot act
104. Red as a beet
105. Right down my/your alley
106. Ring true - p. 135 “...in that recent article ring disturbingly true.”
Reliquary by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 4/24/20
107. Rub someone the wrong way - p. 12 “...rubbed me the wrong way.”
Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn 4/29/20
108. Sad but true
109. Save it for a rainy day
110. Self made man
111. Sell like hot cakes - p. 153 “...they sold like... well, like hot cakes.”
The Gilded Scarab by Anna Butler 4/14/20
112. Seventh heaven
113. Sick and tired
114. Sight to behold
115. Sing like a bird
116. Sow wild oats - p. 159 “Men sow their wild oats...”
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher 5/2/20
117. Start the ball rolling
118. Steal thunder from someone
119. Stir up a hornet nest
120. Strong as an ox
121. Stubborn as a mule
122. Stuffed shirt
123. The bitter end
124. The jig/jog is up
125. Throw the book at
126. Tit for tat
127. Too funny for words
128. Turn over a new leaf
129. Waiting with baited breath
130. Wee small hours
131. Without further ado
132. Wolf in sheep's clothing
133. You can say that again
134. Your guess is as good as mine

[JoAnne]

Welcome Daniel!

[SANDYE]

Not sure if someone already asked this or not....

Joanne, would you accept "backhanded compliment" in place of "Left-handed compliment" ?