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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
The show must go on.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
You can't take it with you.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Beware the Ides of March.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
East is east, and west is west.
The age of miracles is past.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
All that glitters is not gold.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
The more the merrier.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Tomorrow is another day.
It's all grist to the mill.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Physician, heal thyself.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
It takes one to know one.
Hope springs eternal.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
Less is more.
Like father, like son.
Blood is thicker than water.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
The pen is mightier than sword.
A man is known by his friends.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Life is what you make it.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The Devil is in the details.
Accidents will happen.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Enough is enough.
Oil and water don't mix.
The early bird gets the worm.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
The exception which proves the rule.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Money is the root of all evil.
Persuasion is better than force.
Get out while the getting is good.
Live and let live.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Clothes do not make the man.
Another day, another dollar.
Go the extra mile.
You can't win them all.
The end justifies the means.
Silence is golden.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
A cat has nine lives.
Practice makes perfect.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Keep your powder dry.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
All you need is love.
Man does not live by bread alone.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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