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