an uncirculated penny
penny for your thoughts
Penny Marshall
penny wise
pound foolish
dog pound
animal shelter
fallout shelter
So long, Mom, I’m off to drop the bomb,
So don’t wait up for me.
But while you swelter, down there in your shelter,
You can see me, on your TV.
Twilight Zone episode “The Shelter”
Well, blow me down!
Blow the man down.
Thar she blows
troater
fluffer
London Underground
Mind the gap.
There’ll always be an England
“Close your eyes and think of England.”
For Noah hardly knew a bird of any kind that isn’t heard
At Kew, at Kew in lilac-time (and oh, so near to London!)
And when the rose begins to pout and all the chestnut spires are out
You’ll hear the rest without a doubt, all chorussing for London:—
–from the Barrel Organ, Alfred Noyes.