When the project was celebrated, everyone lined up to take credit — success has many fathers, failure is an orphan — but when things went wrong, no one wanted to be held responsible.

When he stubbornly repeated the same mistake at sixty, his daughter sighed and muttered, "there's no fool like an old fool," under her breath.

When the town's only mill closed, the villagers sighed that it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good, since nearly every household relied on its wages.

I agree with the plan to an extent, but several details still worry me.

After the festival, each busker ended up with the smell of an oily rag for a whole day's work.

I asked each team member to pull an oar so the workload didn't fall on just a few people.

When the safety standard failed to protect the patient, everyone murmured that there is an exception to every rule.

If you want to place an order for the limited-edition sneakers, please do so before midnight.

Though she usually advocated forgiveness, the sight of his betrayal made her quietly murmur the proverb eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.