When we decided to renovate the kitchen, Amy said, 'in for a dime, in for a dollar,' so we upgraded the appliances too.

As the old proverb goes, it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog when someone wants to blame another for a mistake.

He told himself that two wrongs make a right after he stole her notebook because she had borrowed his pen without asking.

He repaired the old clock to a T, and now it keeps perfect time.

The committee dismissed his angels-dancing-on-the-head-of-a-pin argument as irrelevant.

Instead of wasting time on angels dancing on the head of a pin, the committee focused on practical reforms.

The eccentric inventor, mad as a hatter, scribbled equations on the walls at midnight.

When the company demanded cost cuts but the workers refused layoffs, the manager found himself between a rock and a hard place.

As the adage goes, never change a running system, so we scheduled any upgrades for after hours.

At dusk, one man and a dog wandered along the riverbank, their shadows stretching long.