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Two wrongs don't make a right.
There is honour among thieves.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
A thing begun is half done.
Love will find a way.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
The age of miracles is past.
Practice makes perfect.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Practice what you preach.
Honesty is the best policy.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
The pen is mightier than sword.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Laughter is the best medicine.
A picture paints a thousand words.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Accidents will happen.
Tomorrow is another day.
A watched pot never boils.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Less said, soon mended.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Any port in a storm.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Fortune favours the brave.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Give credit where credit is due.
Ignorance is bliss.
Time is money.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
You are what you eat.
Talk is cheap.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
There's safety in numbers.
Never tell tales out of school.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
One hand washes the other.
The early bird gets the worm.
It never rains but it pours.
History repeats itself.
One good deed deserves another.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
There's no fool like an old fool.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Only fools and horses work.
Pride comes before a fall.
Look before you leap.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
A miss is as good as a mile.
You reap what you sow.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Still waters run deep.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
You can't win them all.
Share and share alike.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Everyone has their price.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Money talks.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Patience is a virtue.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Forgive and forget.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Even a worm will turn.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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