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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Great minds think alike.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Even a worm will turn.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
A person is known by the company they keep.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Better late than never.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
The exception which proves the rule.
There is no accounting for tastes.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
A miss is as good as a mile.
A poor worker blames the tools.
For everything there is a season.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Misery loves company.
Money talks.
One hand washes the other.
Walls have ears.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Don't throw good money after bad.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Better safe than sorry.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Quid pro quo.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
All roads lead to Rome.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
The best things in life are free.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Talk is cheap.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
There's no time like the present.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Practice what you preach.
Make haste slowly.
Tomorrow is another day.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Let well alone.
Youth is wasted on the young.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Fight the good fight.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
You can't take it with you.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
A stitch in time saves nine.
The customer is always right.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Life is what you make it.
Charity begins at home.
You win some, you lose some.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Many hands make light work.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Live and let live.
Every stick has two ends.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
You can't win them all.
Ignorance is bliss.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
East is east, and west is west.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Never give a sucker an even break.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Let the buyer beware.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Home is where the heart is.
All good things come to those that wait.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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