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Random Proverbs (x 100)
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Hide in plain sight.
No news is good news.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
All publicity is good publicity.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Another day, another dollar.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Persuasion is better than force.
Never go to bed on an argument.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Even a worm will turn.
God helps those who help themselves.
Love will find a way.
Make haste slowly.
Never give a sucker an even break.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
What can't be cured must be endured.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Shrouds have no pockets.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Beware the Ides of March.
Easy come, easy go.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
The wages of sin is death.
Might is right.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Faith will move mountains.
Practice what you preach.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Small things amuse small minds.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Each to their own.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
The Devil is in the details.
Fight fire with fire.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Enough is enough.
It never rains but it pours.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
A cat may look at a king.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
There are two sides to every question.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Home is where the heart is.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Patience is a virtue.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Birds of a feather flock together.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Different strokes for different folks.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Keep your powder dry.
Let bygones be bygones.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Life is what you make it.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
A good man is hard to find.
There's one born every minute.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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