something for a rainy day
Example Sentences
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This was insurance, something for a rainy day.
From Time Magazine Archive
He knew that Dan was a thrifty lad in spite of his laziness, and that he believed in laying by something for a rainy day.
From The Boy Trapper by Castlemon, Harry
His earnings would amount to three hundred and sixty dollars a year, and couldn't he and his mother live nicely on that and save something for a rainy day besides?
From The Boy Trapper by Castlemon, Harry
Some of the older plantations paid dividends of 150 per cent, last year, and probably set aside something for a rainy day in addition.
From Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions by Poe, Clarence Hamilton
"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 Grayson, David
