If I am right, the expression quite often ends with the word "on" added.
I'm not sure I'd add "on" at the end but as we've found our before these sayings do vary slightly sometimes.
Hi Pen,
I've found the same thing with your last rebus where the expression I am used to, has a "too" added on the end . Google has both our versions.
I think I have found a logical explanation. When I was at school, they still taught
Grammar and one of the things taught was "you can't end a phrase/sentence with a preposition". A lot of people still treat that as a rule rather than a general advice not to be followed if it leads to an awkward construction. In the case of our two idioms, they just leave the preposition off.
When Winston Churchill was chastised for ending a sentence with a preposition, it is claimed he wittily responded,
"This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put." Churchill's retort illustrates that attempts to avoid ending a sentence with a preposition can be laboured and ludicrous.
A humble suggestion. Quotes should be between
quote and
/quote in square brackets. So, if you modified your post by inserting a / in each second quote statement, it would present better.
Breakfast is served so I will return later.
P.S. My keyboard is playing up and putting some random characters in for
" and
' , mostly
?. I hope I've corrected them all.