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Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
It takes one to know one.
Misery loves company.
Another day, another dollar.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Each to their own.
It's best to be on the safe side.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
No rest for the wicked.
Less said, soon mended.
Walls have ears.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Paddle your own canoe.
You win some, you lose some.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Little pitchers have big ears.
All roads lead to Rome.
Bad news travels fast.
Always put your best foot forward.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
First impressions are the most lasting.
Never tell tales out of school.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A man is known by his friends.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Faith will move mountains.
Learn to walk before you run.
Money talks.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Everyone has their price.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
He who hesitates is lost.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Cheats never prosper.
You can't always get what you want.
Let well alone.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Third time lucky.
There's safety in numbers.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Even a worm will turn.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
You reap what you sow.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Hide in plain sight.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Waste not, want not.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
A bad penny always turns up.
While there is life, there is hope.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Actions speak louder than words.
The end justifies the means.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Virtue is its own reward.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Seize the day.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
East, west, home's best.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Slow and steady wins the race.
The show must go on.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
The more the merrier.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Get out while the getting is good.
The wages of sin is death.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
It never rains but it pours.
Appearances can be deceptive.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Business before pleasure.
The Devil is in the details.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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