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It takes one to know one.
Better late than never.
The Devil is in the details.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Children and fools tell the truth.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
All publicity is good publicity.
Good fences make good neighbours.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Truth will out.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
First come, first served.
Nothing new under the sun.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Fight the good fight.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
More haste, less speed.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Hide in plain sight.
Good talk saves the food.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Better safe than sorry.
Many hands make light work.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
The best things in life are free.
Ignorance is bliss.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Keep your powder dry.
The best defence is a good offence.
To the victor go the spoils.
Don't get mad, get even.
Home is where the heart is.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Do as I say, not as I do.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Marriages are made in heaven.
Go the extra mile.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Speak as you find.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Love makes the world go round.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Never tell tales out of school.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Manners maketh the man.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Persuasion is better than force.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Beware the Ides of March.
To every thing there is a season.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Might is right.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
You can't make bricks without straw.
Silence is golden.
Never give a sucker an even break.
What goes around comes around.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Silence construes consent.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
A house is not a home.
Make haste slowly.
Put your best foot forward.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Give the Devil his due.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Pride comes before a fall.
Don't rock the boat.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
A stitch in time saves nine.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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