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Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Time is a great healer.
Dead men tell no tales.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
No man is an island.
There is no accounting for tastes.
It never rains but it pours.
Horses for courses.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Truth will out.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Revenge is sweet.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
Life begins at forty.
The early bird gets the worm.
Manners maketh the man.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
A leopard can't change its spots.
Go the extra mile.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
It takes one to know one.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
A bad penny always turns up.
Good things come in small packages.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Like father, like son.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Every picture tells a story.
If you build it, they will come.
Silence construes consent.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
East, west, home's best.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
It's never too late to mend.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Paddle your own canoe.
Accidents will happen.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Small things amuse small minds.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
The leopard does not change his spots.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Slow but sure.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Wonders will never cease.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
You are never too old to learn.
A dog is a man's best friend.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Only the good die young.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
There's no smoke without fire.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Keep your powder dry.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Fight the good fight.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
The end justifies the means.
Love is blind.
Any port in a storm.
There's no time like the present.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Put your best foot forward.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Live and learn.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Money is the root of all evil.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
The wages of sin is death.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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