The dark-braided woman shook a long wooden spoon at them.
As one of them put it, "When you sup with the devil, you'd better bring a long spoon."
"That's my good sensible girl," Martha said; and she took the long spoon her daughter had been using, but did not employ it.
The table was set, and she was standing before the fireplace, a long spoon in her hand.
She had a long wooden spoon raised in front of her.
Several party leaders said they would approach such negotiations "with a long spoon."
When you sup with the Devil, use a long spoon.
The man in white clothes reached over and hit him with a long wooden spoon.
Stirring for a moment with a long wooden spoon, she let it come to a boil, then set the heat on low.
It's my doing that they can drink iced tea the right way with the long spoon still in the glass.