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A cat may look at a king.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Money isn't everything.
An man's home is his castle.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Love makes the world go round.
A thing begun is half done.
Pride comes before a fall.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
East, west, home's best.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
All publicity is good publicity.
Ignorance is bliss.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Never tell tales out of school.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Persuasion is better than force.
Even a worm will turn.
The best things in life are free.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
It takes two to tango.
All good things come to those that wait.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
The truth will out.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
Slow and steady wins the race.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
A stitch in time saves nine.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Count your blessings.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Only the good die young.
Nothing new under the sun.
Seeing is believing.
Quid pro quo.
A house is not a home.
Man does not live by bread alone.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Put your best foot forward.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
There's no smoke without fire.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
East is east, and west is west.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
The end justifies the means.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Money talks.
A leopard can't change its spots.
Accidents will happen.
Less is more.
Dead men tell no tales.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
You are what you eat.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Never speak ill of the dead.
There are two sides to every question.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
A good man is hard to find.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
It's better to give than to receive.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Physician, heal thyself.
Time is a great healer.
Practice makes perfect.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Big fish eat little fish.
Give credit where credit is due.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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