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To the victor go the spoils.
Horses for courses.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Less said, soon mended.
Less is more.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Different strokes for different folks.
You win some, you lose some.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Big fish eat little fish.
It ain't over, till it's over.
You can have too much of a good thing.
There's no place like home.
One good deed deserves another.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
It's the singer not the song.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Tomorrow is another day.
Time will tell.
Easy come, easy go.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Give credit where credit is due.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Revenge is sweet.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Every stick has two ends.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Nine tailors make a man.
Half a loaf is better than none.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Live and learn.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Bad money drives out good.
All that glitters is not gold.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
The more the merrier.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Everyone has their price.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Two heads are better than one.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Enough is enough.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Seek and you shall find.
Don't get mad, get even.
Hide in plain sight.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Count your blessings.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Let well alone.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Honesty is the best policy.
Cheats never prosper.
Oil and water don't mix.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Marriages are made in heaven.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Enough is as good as a feast.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Never speak ill of the dead.
The age of miracles is past.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
You are never too old to learn.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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