something for a rainy day

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This was insurance, something for a rainy day.

From Time Magazine Archive

They live within their means, and lay by something for a rainy day.

From Thrift by Smiles, Samuel

Thus Jane was relieved of much anxiety, and she was so skilful with her needle that she soon found herself able to "lay by something for a rainy day," as she expressed it.

From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

Vast campaigns of education were undertaken, and the rich implored the poor to lay aside something for a rainy day.

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Raleigh, Henry

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