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Random Proverbs (x 100)
To every thing there is a season.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Don't shoot the messenger.
The more the merrier.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Big fish eat little fish.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Time is a great healer.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Like father, like son.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
For everything there is a season.
Tomorrow never comes.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
The wages of sin is death.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Good things come in small packages.
Charity begins at home.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Tomorrow is another day.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
It ain't over, till it's over.
The Devil looks after his own.
God helps those who help themselves.
Let the dead bury the dead.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Keep your powder dry.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Seek and you shall find.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
You win some, you lose some.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Seeing is believing.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Seize the day.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
A cat has nine lives.
You are what you eat.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Every stick has two ends.
Time and tide wait for no one.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Ignorance is bliss.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Money makes the world go round.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
No man can serve two masters.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Might is right.
It takes one to know one.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
There are two sides to every question.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
The age of miracles is past.
Beware the Ides of March.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
One hand washes the other.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Fight fire with fire.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Good things come to those who wait.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Waste not, want not.
Accidents will happen.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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