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Random Proverbs (x 100)
If you build it, they will come.
Nothing new under the sun.
Little pitchers have big ears.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Easy come, easy go.
Actions speak louder than words.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Virtue is its own reward.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Walls have ears.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
No news is good news.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Seek and you shall find.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Cold hands, warm heart.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Only fools and horses work.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Don't get mad, get even.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
It takes two to tango.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
No man is an island.
Practice makes perfect.
Let bygones be bygones.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Go the extra mile.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
It never rains but it pours.
Ignorance is bliss.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Accidents will happen.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Seeing is believing.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Look before you leap.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Good talk saves the food.
Keep your chin up.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
It's best to be on the safe side.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Only the good die young.
All the world loves a lover.
Share and share alike.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Money isn't everything.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Dead men tell no tales.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Needs must when the devil drives.
All things must pass.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Any port in a storm.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Misery loves company.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Beware the Ides of March.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Haste makes waste.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Might is right.
Fight the good fight.
Put your best foot forward.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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