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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Walls have ears.
Don't change horses in midstream.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
A cat may look at a king.
Clothes do not make the man.
Persuasion is better than force.
A thing begun is half done.
Let the buyer beware.
Pearls of wisdom.
Blood is thicker than water.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Each to their own.
No man is an island.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Only fools and horses work.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Many hands make light work.
Learn to walk before you run.
Only the good die young.
A word to the wise is enough.
Quid pro quo.
You reap what you sow.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Get out while the getting is good.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Fight the good fight.
All the world loves a lover.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
All that glitters is not gold.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Business before pleasure.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Any port in a storm.
A house is not a home.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Look before you leap.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Laughter is the best medicine.
The best-laid plans go astray.
If the cap fits, wear it.
All things must pass.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Once bitten, twice shy.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Good fences make good neighbours.
A leopard can't change its spots.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Bad news travels fast.
Talk is cheap.
It's better to give than to receive.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Pride comes before a fall.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Another day, another dollar.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
There's no place like home.
It takes one to know one.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Speak as you find.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
The show must go on.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Crime doesn't pay.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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