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