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Wonders will never cease.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Blood is thicker than water.
The Devil is in the details.
Fight the good fight.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Make haste slowly.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
All good things must come to an end.
There's an exception to every rule.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Haste makes waste.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Life is what you make it.
What goes up must come down.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
The best defence is a good offence.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Fight fire with fire.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Children and fools tell the truth.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Do as I say, not as I do.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
All things must pass.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
Every stick has two ends.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Christmas comes but once a year.
He who hesitates is lost.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
A man is known by his friends.
A fish always rots from the head.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Actions speak louder than words.
Money isn't everything.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Let well alone.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Cheats never prosper.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Accidents will happen.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Another day, another dollar.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Marriages are made in heaven.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Big fish eat little fish.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Moderation in all things.
Bad news travels fast.
A cat may look at a king.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Oil and water don't mix.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Better safe than sorry.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Never go to bed on an argument.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
There's one born every minute.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
If you can't be good, be careful.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Variety is the spice of life.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Practice what you preach.
The wages of sin is death.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Tomorrow is another day.
The bigger, the better.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
It takes two to tango.
Home is where the heart is.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
There's safety in numbers.
You reap what you sow.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Give the Devil his due.
Don't change horses in midstream.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Business before pleasure.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
A bad penny always turns up.
Make love not war.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
A watched pot never boils.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Forewarned is forearmed.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Practice makes perfect.
First come, first served.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Always put your best foot forward.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Hide in plain sight.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
The age of miracles is past.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
There is honour among thieves.
It goes without saying.
History repeats itself.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Walls have ears.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
One hand washes the other.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Children should be seen and not heard.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
While there is life, there is hope.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Easy come, easy go.
It never rains but it pours.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Fortune favours the brave.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Go the extra mile.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Let bygones be bygones.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Good things come to those who wait.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
What goes around comes around.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Still waters run deep.
Learn to walk before you run.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Money is the root of all evil.
You win some, you lose some.
All you need is love.
Quid pro quo.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
All publicity is good publicity.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Everyone has their price.
It ain't over, till it's over.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Love makes the world go round.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
Honesty is the best policy.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
East, west, home's best.
Less is more.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Horses for courses.
Tomorrow never comes.
The customer is always right.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
A thing begun is half done.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Love will find a way.
Ignorance is bliss.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Pride comes before a fall.
Count your blessings.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
It takes one to know one.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Virtue is its own reward.
Once a thief, always a thief.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
If you build it, they will come.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Time flies.
Don't rock the boat.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Only fools and horses work.
The Devil looks after his own.
There's no time like the present.
Any port in a storm.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
A stitch in time saves nine.
The truth will out.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
All that glitters is not gold.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Keep your powder dry.
Live and learn.
A golden key can open any door.
There's no place like home.
Seek and you shall find.
Hope springs eternal.
The best-laid plans go astray.
You can't take it with you.
Get out while the getting is good.
The show must go on.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Let the buyer beware.
A house is not a home.
East is east, and west is west.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
There's no smoke without fire.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Time is a great healer.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Opposites attract.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
A miss is as good as a mile.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Like father, like son.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
It's the singer not the song.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
You can't win them all.
Dead men tell no tales.
Different strokes for different folks.
You are what you eat.
Clothes do not make the man.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
More haste, less speed.
Half a loaf is better than none.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
Talk is cheap.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
For everything there is a season.
There are two sides to every question.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Once bitten, twice shy.
To the victor go the spoils.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Time is money.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
A poor worker blames the tools.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Better late than never.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Revenge is sweet.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Seize the day.
Life begins at forty.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Bad money drives out good.
Put your best foot forward.
Live and let live.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Money talks.
Even a worm will turn.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Nothing new under the sun.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
Man does not live by bread alone.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Never speak ill of the dead.
No man can serve two masters.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Every picture tells a story.
Don't get mad, get even.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Out of sight, out of mind.
God helps those who help themselves.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Forgive and forget.
What can't be cured must be endured.
First things first.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Love is blind.
Knowledge is power.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Silence is golden.
Persuasion is better than force.
Give credit where credit is due.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Patience is a virtue.
You can't always get what you want.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
No news is good news.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Speak as you find.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Money makes the world go round.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
All's well that ends well.
All good things come to those that wait.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Charity begins at home.
Third time lucky.
To every thing there is a season.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Slow but sure.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Time will tell.
An man's home is his castle.
No man is an island.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Share and share alike.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
One good deed deserves another.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
The end justifies the means.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Silence construes consent.
Waste not, want not.
Truth will out.
You can't make bricks without straw.
The exception which proves the rule.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
All roads lead to Rome.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Paddle your own canoe.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Cold hands, warm heart.
You are never too old to learn.
All the world loves a lover.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Nothing succeeds like success.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
No rest for the wicked.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Great minds think alike.
Less said, soon mended.
A word to the wise is enough.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Crime doesn't pay.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Pearls of wisdom.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
First impressions are the most lasting.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Seeing is believing.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Each to their own.
A picture paints a thousand words.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Enough is enough.
Misery loves company.
The early bird gets the worm.
You can have too much of a good thing.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The more the merrier.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Nine tailors make a man.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Might is right.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Good things come in small packages.
Enough is as good as a feast.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Small things amuse small minds.
It never rains but it pours.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Many hands make light work.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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