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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Don't meet troubles half-way.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
There is no accounting for tastes.
All you need is love.
Silence construes consent.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
The truth will out.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
A watched pot never boils.
The best defence is a good offence.
You are what you eat.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Life begins at forty.
There's no place like home.
There's safety in numbers.
Accidents will happen.
Money talks.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Walls have ears.
Once a thief, always a thief.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
First come, first served.
All things must pass.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Don't rock the boat.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
No rest for the wicked.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Only fools and horses work.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Quid pro quo.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Put your best foot forward.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Everyone has their price.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Great minds think alike.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Don't get mad, get even.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Never go to bed on an argument.
First things first.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Never speak ill of the dead.
A poor worker blames the tools.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
All's well that ends well.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
If the cap fits, wear it.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
He who hesitates is lost.
It goes without saying.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Easy come, easy go.
There's no fool like an old fool.
If you build it, they will come.
God helps those who help themselves.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Count your blessings.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Ignorance is bliss.
Bad money drives out good.
For everything there is a season.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Misery loves company.
There's no time like the present.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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