She reminded him that one swallow does not a spring make when he insisted that a single success meant everything.

Remember, one swallow does not make a summer, so don't celebrate the project's early success yet.

When his daughter solved the complex puzzle with the same quiet focus as he always did, everyone joked, 'the apple does not fall far from the tree.'

When she reopened the bakery exactly like her mother's and even used the same secret jam recipe, everyone said the nut does not fall far from the tree.

When someone asks if I love chocolate, I reply, 'does Dolly Parton sleep on her back?'

When he saw the family's cruelty, he remembered that a bad tree does not yield good apples and resolved to break the cycle.

When you meet his son, the apple does not fall far from the trunk.

At the family reunion, everyone nodded when she remarked the apple does not fall far from the stem after seeing her son adopt his father's mannerisms.

When she started talking about quantum mechanics, I blurted out, 'what does that have to do with the price of fish?'

It was a damned if one does and damned if one doesn't situation, leaving her paralyzed with indecision.