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In for a penny, in for a pound.
Pride comes before a fall.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Time is a great healer.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
The best defence is a good offence.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
A cat has nine lives.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
The Devil looks after his own.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Tomorrow is another day.
Needs must when the devil drives.
First come, first served.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Every dog has its day.
One good deed deserves another.
Paddle your own canoe.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A stitch in time saves nine.
All that glitters is not gold.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Put your best foot forward.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Third time lucky.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Give the Devil his due.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Oil and water don't mix.
Still waters run deep.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Different strokes for different folks.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Persuasion is better than force.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
An man's home is his castle.
Knowledge is power.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
History repeats itself.
A bad penny always turns up.
Do as I say, not as I do.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Like father, like son.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
All's well that ends well.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Appearances can be deceptive.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Two heads are better than one.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
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.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
To the victor go the spoils.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Get out while the getting is good.
Any port in a storm.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
There's one born every minute.
There are two sides to every question.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Practice makes perfect.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Love will find a way.
The best things in life are free.
You can't always get what you want.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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