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Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Good talk saves the food.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Persuasion is better than force.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Nothing new under the sun.
Ignorance is bliss.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Share and share alike.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
It's never too late to mend.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Less said, soon mended.
There is honour among thieves.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Beware the Ides of March.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Quid pro quo.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Practice what you preach.
Easy come, easy go.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Little pitchers have big ears.
There's no fool like an old fool.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
A fish always rots from the head.
No man can serve two masters.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Seeing is believing.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
What can't be cured must be endured.
First things first.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Honesty is the best policy.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Birds of a feather flock together.
You win some, you lose some.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
The Devil is in the details.
Love makes the world go round.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Only the good die young.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Revenge is sweet.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
What goes up must come down.
Youth is wasted on the young.
The truth will out.
The exception which proves the rule.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Tomorrow is another day.
Once bitten, twice shy.
One good deed deserves another.
Speak as you find.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Pearls of wisdom.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Love is blind.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Misery loves company.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Home is where the heart is.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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