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All good things come to those that wait.
All you need is love.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
No man is an island.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
You are what you eat.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Keep your powder dry.
Fight fire with fire.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Time flies.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
You are never too old to learn.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
All that glitters is not gold.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Another day, another dollar.
Fight the good fight.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Silence construes consent.
There is no accounting for tastes.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Haste makes waste.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Money isn't everything.
Waste not, want not.
Any port in a storm.
There's no time like the present.
Great minds think alike.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Only fools and horses work.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Everyone has their price.
Moderation in all things.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
You win some, you lose some.
Revenge is sweet.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Business before pleasure.
Christmas comes but once a year.
A word to the wise is enough.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Many hands make light work.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Dead men tell no tales.
The customer is always right.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Make love not war.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
No man can serve two masters.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
Third time lucky.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
There's no fool like an old fool.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Virtue is its own reward.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Time will tell.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Different strokes for different folks.
Love is blind.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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