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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Beware the Ides of March.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
The Devil is in the details.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
One swallow does not a summer make.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Might is right.
Misery loves company.
Grief divided is made lighter.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Business before pleasure.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Every picture tells a story.
Nine tailors make a man.
Time and tide wait for no one.
If the cap fits, wear it.
Moderation in all things.
Faith will move mountains.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Don't get mad, get even.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Another day, another dollar.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Time is money.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Keep your powder dry.
Better safe than sorry.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Silence is golden.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Fortune favours the brave.
Time will tell.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
A word to the wise is enough.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Never go to bed on an argument.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Patience is a virtue.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
God helps those who help themselves.
Live and learn.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
You reap what you sow.
All publicity is good publicity.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
One hand washes the other.
Quid pro quo.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Still waters run deep.
You win some, you lose some.
The truth will out.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Put your best foot forward.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
The best defence is a good offence.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Marriages are made in heaven.
Accidents will happen.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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