Hi again, Pen.
My rebus today is an idiom that first appeared in print in Beaumont and Fletcher’s tragic/comic play
Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding in 1611. The expression likely existed colloquially before that date.
Word1 (3). The first letters of Picture 1 (7).
Word 2 (5). The four-legged one in picture 2.
Word 3 (4). The first letters of Picture 3 (7).
Word 4 (3). Same as word 1.
Word 5 ( 8 ).
Component 1 (4). The female in Picture 4.
Component 2 (4). Use the first letters of the first word in Picture 5 (7,5) then replace the first letter with “M”
And I’ll leave you with