Even as she shrugged and said there's a grain of truth in every joke, I could tell she was masking her pain.

Many readers today find old proverbs such as if there's grass on the pitch, play ball offensive and harmful.

My coach always says, if there's grass on the field, play ball, and we follow his advice.

Even after several setbacks, she reminded herself that while there's life, there's hope, and kept applying for the fellowship.

When we couldn't agree on a solution, she reminded us with the old proverb that there's more than one way to cook an egg.

As the old proverb goes, there's more than one way to peel an orange, so feel free to try your own approach.

When deciding how to fix the leaky sink, remember that there's more than one way to crack an egg.

Seeing the crushed beetle, he muttered where there's no sense there's no feeling, certain that creatures with little awareness do not suffer as we do.

There's no use trying to change his mind; he's already decided.

After all the discussions and promises, when you examine the project there's no "there" there.