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Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Paddle your own canoe.
You win some, you lose some.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Marriages are made in heaven.
Oil and water don't mix.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Time and tide wait for no one.
You are what you eat.
There's safety in numbers.
There's one born every minute.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
It's all grist to the mill.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
One hand washes the other.
Seize the day.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
What goes up must come down.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Crime doesn't pay.
First impressions are the most lasting.
The wages of sin is death.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Out of sight, out of mind.
It goes without saying.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
The early bird gets the worm.
Better safe than sorry.
A leopard can't change its spots.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
History repeats itself.
The leopard does not change his spots.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Waste not, want not.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Life begins at forty.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Ignorance is bliss.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
A cat may look at a king.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
A man is known by his friends.
Live and let live.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
A cat has nine lives.
Less is more.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Go the extra mile.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Make love not war.
Virtue is its own reward.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Count your blessings.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
All publicity is good publicity.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
A bad penny always turns up.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Keep your powder dry.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Time flies.
Silence is golden.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
No pain, no gain.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Children should be seen and not heard.
There are two sides to every question.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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