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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Money is the root of all evil.
Silence is golden.
Talk is cheap.
East is east, and west is west.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Manners maketh the man.
God helps those who help themselves.
Shrouds have no pockets.
East, west, home's best.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Seeing is believing.
The best defence is a good offence.
The more the merrier.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Revenge is sweet.
Christmas comes but once a year.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Slow but sure.
Children should be seen and not heard.
All's fair in love and war.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Get out while the getting is good.
Learn to walk before you run.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Let bygones be bygones.
Enough is enough.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
It's better to give than to receive.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Only fools and horses work.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
If you build it, they will come.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Love is blind.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Cheats never prosper.
No man is an island.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
The Devil looks after his own.
There is honour among thieves.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Home is where the heart is.
Pride comes before a fall.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Paddle your own canoe.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Easy come, easy go.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Many hands make light work.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Seek and you shall find.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
There's safety in numbers.
Practice makes perfect.
Bad news travels fast.
Money makes the world go round.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
You are what you eat.
Quid pro quo.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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