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Once a thief, always a thief.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Fortune favours the brave.
Cold hands, warm heart.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Time is money.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
There is honour among thieves.
No pain, no gain.
It's the singer not the song.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Beware the Ides of March.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Blood is thicker than water.
Out of sight, out of mind.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
No news is good news.
Still waters run deep.
Bad news travels fast.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Paddle your own canoe.
Virtue is its own reward.
Misery loves company.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
The leopard does not change his spots.
It goes without saying.
Money is the root of all evil.
Enough is enough.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Speak as you find.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
Pride comes before a fall.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
First impressions are the most lasting.
The early bird gets the worm.
Manners maketh the man.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Seize the day.
You can't win them all.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
For everything there is a season.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
You can't take it with you.
It's all grist to the mill.
You are what you eat.
Walls have ears.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
There's no fool like an old fool.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Always put your best foot forward.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
The exception which proves the rule.
Knowledge is power.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Truth will out.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Give the Devil his due.
No man is an island.
All's fair in love and war.
Tomorrow never comes.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
A word to the wise is enough.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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