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