The family silver was sold off long ago, and then the gold.
The family silver was sold in March 1976 for around £30,000.
Once the cut was made, Catherine started to hand him the family silver.
He had gone there to investigate a robbery of old family silver.
I clean out the bank accounts and the family silver.
I had a lot of hope for this government but now it appears you are selling off the family silver.
It seems he has run off with the family silver, as the saying goes.
you keep staring at me as if i've just made off with the family silver.
When the discussion turns to legal and home affairs, it is the family silver we are talking about.
What was it she had said to him about the missing family silver?