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Random Proverbs (x 100)
All that glitters is not gold.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
The bigger, the better.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Every dog has its day.
Tomorrow never comes.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
A fish always rots from the head.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Revenge is sweet.
Horses for courses.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Life is what you make it.
Time and tide wait for no one.
If the cap fits, wear it.
Never tell tales out of school.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Hope springs eternal.
All's well that ends well.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
All's fair in love and war.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
In the midst of life we are in death.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
It takes two to tango.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Beauty is only skin deep.
It takes one to know one.
Two heads are better than one.
Go the extra mile.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
The Devil is in the details.
Many hands make light work.
First impressions are the most lasting.
Nothing new under the sun.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Walls have ears.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
All the world loves a lover.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
Charity begins at home.
The best defence is a good offence.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Love will find a way.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Everyone has their price.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Bad money drives out good.
Bad news travels fast.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Look before you leap.
The best things in life are free.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Waste not, want not.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Paddle your own canoe.
Time is money.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Home is where the heart is.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Fight fire with fire.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Out of sight, out of mind.
East is east, and west is west.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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