something for a rainy day
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This was insurance, something for a rainy day.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Waal, now, I'll tell ye, if ye want it straight, I'm layin' aside a little something for a rainy day."
From Great Possessions by David Grayson
They live within their means, and lay by something for a rainy day.
From Thrift by Samuel Smiles
Here, by pulling all together, there is almost a certainty of our earning more than a bare living, and of laying up something for a rainy day.
From Driven Back to Eden by Edward Payson Roe
"Lay by something for a rainy day," said a gentleman to an Irishman in his service.
From Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power by Orison Swett Marden
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