something for a rainy day
Example Sentences
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This was insurance, something for a rainy day.
From Time Magazine Archive
To lay up something for a rainy day; to provide against a time of necessity or distress.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis
They live within their means, and lay by something for a rainy day.
From Thrift by Smiles, Samuel
Was it that the Irish climate used its influence over him; for in his practice to "put by something for a rainy day," his savings had many promptings?
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
He was constantly urging his servants to lay by something for a rainy day, or for their support in old age.
From Thrift by Smiles, Samuel
