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