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