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Cold hands, warm heart.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Don't throw good money after bad.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Go the extra mile.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Love will find a way.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
All the world loves a lover.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
You can have too much of a good thing.
There are two sides to every question.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
It's all grist to the mill.
Stupid is as stupid does.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Opposites attract.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Many hands make light work.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Wonders will never cease.
Don't shoot the messenger.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
There's no smoke without fire.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
First things first.
You are never too old to learn.
Seeing is believing.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Live and learn.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
It's better to give than to receive.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
A cat may look at a king.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Practice what you preach.
The best things in life are free.
The best defence is a good offence.
Slow and steady wins the race.
To the victor go the spoils.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Walls have ears.
There's one born every minute.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Fight fire with fire.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
The best-laid plans go astray.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Fortune favours the brave.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Variety is the spice of life.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
For everything there is a season.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Patience is a virtue.
East, west, home's best.
Don't rock the boat.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
What goes up must come down.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
The truth will out.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
The Devil is in the details.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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