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| English | Scottish Gaelic |
| once in a blue moon | uair san ràith (Yerkwantai) |
| Rome wasn't built in a day | chan ann leis a' chiad bhuille a thuiteas a' chraobh (literally "it is not with the first strike that the tree will fall" Yerkwantai) |
| snug as a bug in a rug | cho seasgair ri luchag ann an cruach (Yerkwantai) |