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Random Proverbs (x 100)
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
A house is not a home.
A bad penny always turns up.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
It goes without saying.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Love is blind.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Give credit where credit is due.
Once bitten, twice shy.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Like father, like son.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Ignorance is bliss.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
A golden key can open any door.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Another day, another dollar.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
The more the merrier.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Money makes the world go round.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
There's an exception to every rule.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
The Devil is in the details.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Cold hands, warm heart.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Fight the good fight.
No man can serve two masters.
Make hay while the sun shines.
It's better to give than to receive.
The age of miracles is past.
Count your blessings.
First things first.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
Might is right.
Children and fools tell the truth.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
You can't take it with you.
All good things must come to an end.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Knowledge is power.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Time flies.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Live and let live.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Always put your best foot forward.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Silence construes consent.
Time and tide wait for no one.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Dead men tell no tales.
Keep your powder dry.
All you need is love.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Go the extra mile.
Make love not war.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Only the good die young.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Accidents will happen.
Seeing is believing.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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