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Random Proverbs (x 100)
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Third time lucky.
Make love not war.
Share and share alike.
No news is good news.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
A fish always rots from the head.
No man is an island.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
There's one born every minute.
Two heads are better than one.
It takes two to tango.
Bad money drives out good.
To the victor go the spoils.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Hide in plain sight.
A word to the wise is enough.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
The bigger, the better.
Never speak ill of the dead.
The Devil looks after his own.
Wonders will never cease.
Don't throw good money after bad.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Better late than never.
You can't win them all.
Accidents will happen.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Silence is golden.
Beware the Ides of March.
Another day, another dollar.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Time flies.
Oil and water don't mix.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Beggars can't be choosers.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Many hands make light work.
Forgive and forget.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
All you need is love.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Even a worm will turn.
Practice makes perfect.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Christmas comes but once a year.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
While there is life, there is hope.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
All good things come to those that wait.
Seeing is believing.
There's a time and a place for everything.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Strike while the iron is hot.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Pearls of wisdom.
Hope springs eternal.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
It takes one to know one.
Put your best foot forward.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Nine tailors make a man.
Let bygones be bygones.
All's well that ends well.
Actions speak louder than words.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Home is where the heart is.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Silence construes consent.
A good man is hard to find.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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