Don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs; she's been a baker for forty years.

On Sundays, my grandmother always makes toad in the hole with caramelized onions and mashed potatoes.

When the midwife implied that some women were too posh to push, she bristled and explained that she preferred a planned Caesarean for medical reasons.

The captain ordered the crew to heave-to when the storm closed in, giving everyone time to secure the rigging.

To whom it may concern, I am writing to recommend Ms. Tanaka for the position of research analyst.

If you keep arguing for recycling with this audience, you only preach to the choir.

At the end of the night, Jenna was three sheets to the wind and stumbled home.

When the professor started explaining the quantum equations, I whispered to my neighbor, "it's all Greek to me."

We maintain an up-to-date database of client contacts.

Her performance in the interview was up to snuff, so we offered her the job.