As the saying goes, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

His guess was wide of the mark.

I lost my keys in the dark.

We need to keep everyone in the loop about the project updates.

God forbid that anything should happen to you!

I'll be home by midnight at the latest.

I wouldn't trade my family for all the tea in China.

The snow on the road was in the way of the traffic.

Over the lapse of several years, the once-abandoned building transformed into a bustling community center.