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The truth will out.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Life begins at forty.
Curiosity killed the cat.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Bad news travels fast.
Don't rock the boat.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Persuasion is better than force.
The show must go on.
Horses for courses.
Cheats never prosper.
It's all grist to the mill.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
There is honour among thieves.
Make haste slowly.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Physician, heal thyself.
Let the dead bury the dead.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Ignorance is bliss.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Beauty is only skin deep.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
All things must pass.
Big fish eat little fish.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
The bigger, the better.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Give credit where credit is due.
If the cap fits, wear it.
Time is money.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
It's better to give than to receive.
Count your blessings.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Less said, soon mended.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
More haste, less speed.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Love is blind.
Keep your chin up.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Charity begins at home.
Let the buyer beware.
Strike while the iron is hot.
The customer is always right.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
It's never too late to mend.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
The Devil is in the details.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
If you build it, they will come.
Honesty is the best policy.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
You can't always get what you want.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Every stick has two ends.
Live and let live.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
What goes up must come down.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Learn to walk before you run.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Don't shoot the messenger.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Children and fools tell the truth.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Faith will move mountains.
You are never too old to learn.
It takes one to know one.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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