cliché: any port in a storm

Meaning: help accepted from any source (definition).

Example: Another night with the in-laws beats an overnight at the airport - any port in a storm! (Examples.)

Origins: Sea travel when any port, even those normally not sought out, would offer safety from storms or battles. (Source.)

Rewrites:

• any harbor in a gale
• any shelter in a blizzard
• any inside when the outside gets wild
• anywhere the weather can’t get to me

Discussion: Although I kept these rewrites to weather, there are plenty of opportunities to recast for other  situations when safety is sought. How might you rewrite for them? 

Cliché: fair weather friend, a

Meaning: a friend during the good times (example 1, example 2)


Rewrite 1: clear-sky buddy
Rewrite 2: sunny times acquaintance
Rewrite 3: open bar reveler
Rewrite 4: bonus time colleague
Rewrite 5: glowing review co-star


Comment: I tried to envision both a range of good times and of friends to provide plenty of examples. I'll bet you can think of even more. 


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