Puzzle. May 20

A cliché is something that is said often and conveys an idea or message. It compares one word or phrase to another, when they are really nothing alike. I'll write each cliche in a synonymous form and you write down which cliche it represents. Have fun!
Instructions: If a word does not have a synonym being used in the question, it will be in capital letters, be sure to use that word in your answers, in the order given.

-1.First word: hale & hearty
AS (be sure to use this word in your answer as the second word)
A (be sure to use this word in your answer as the third word)
Fourth word is: country style violin

-2.First word: everything's (don't forget the apostrophe)
Second word: light-skinned
IN (be sure to use this word in your answer, as the third word)
Fourth word: infatuation
AND (be sure to use this word in your answer, as the fifth word)
Sixth word is: battle

-3.First word: thou
Second word: unable to
Third word: tutor
AN
Fifth word: ancient
Sixth word: canine
Seventh word: unused
Eighth word: magical acts

-4.A
second word: idiot
AND
Fourth word: masculine possessive pronoun
Fifth word: cash in hand
ARE
Seventh word: in a matter of moments to come
Eighth word: divided

5.First word: missing
Second word: constructs
THE
Fourth word: aorta
Fifth word: get bigger in size
Sixth word: to be caring more for

-6.First word: entire
Second word: vocalization
AND
Fourth word: opposite of yes
Fifth word: what a director shouts when he wants filming and acting to commence

-7.A
Second word: visage
Third word: there is no other
A
Fifth word: maternal parent
Sixth word: might
Seventh word: deep feelings for

-8.First word: non-specific time frame
THE
Third word: feline with ownership
Fourth word: not at home
THE
Sixth word: particular breed of rodents
Seventh word: mind over matter
Eighth word: amusement

-9.First word: Outstanding features
IS
Third word: merely
Fourth word: epidermis
Fifth word: the end of the pool that you can dive into

-10.First word: pardon?
Second word: leaves
Third word: rotates
Fourth word: approaches
Fifth word: circumference

Good Morning, curly

1. fit as a fiddle

2. All's fair in love and war - Hi Curly

Bernie

Good morning, good answers.

3. You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Thanks Bob.

4. A fool and his money are soon parted

10. What goes around comes around.

Good ones, thanks.

7. A face only a mother could love

Thanks Joan.

9. Beauty is only skin deep.

Morning curly,

Merci Gail.

8. When the cat's away the mice will play.

6. all talk and no action

Good ones.

5. absence makes the heart grow fonder

Thanks mxm.