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