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April showers bring forth May flowers.
The Devil is in the details.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Seek and you shall find.
Time is money.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
There's no time like the present.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Go the extra mile.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Variety is the spice of life.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Might is right.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Knowledge is power.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Cold hands, warm heart.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
All the world loves a lover.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Practice what you preach.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
No pain, no gain.
God helps those who help themselves.
No man is an island.
What goes around comes around.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Good talk saves the food.
Moderation in all things.
The Devil looks after his own.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
A dog is a man's best friend.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
A cat has nine lives.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Everyone has their price.
Dead men tell no tales.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Truth will out.
Enough is enough.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
One good deed deserves another.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
History repeats itself.
Ignorance is bliss.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Any port in a storm.
Marriages are made in heaven.
A miss is as good as a mile.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Learn to walk before you run.
Let bygones be bygones.
Nothing new under the sun.
You can have too much of a good thing.
East, west, home's best.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Less said, soon mended.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
You can't win them all.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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