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