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