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Beware the Ides of March.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
A dog is a man's best friend.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
The bigger, the better.
Don't shoot the messenger.
You win some, you lose some.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
The truth will out.
Don't rock the boat.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
No pain, no gain.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Make haste slowly.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
What can't be cured must be endured.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Home is where the heart is.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
One good deed deserves another.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Moderation in all things.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Let bygones be bygones.
A miss is as good as a mile.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Even a worm will turn.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
It ain't over, till it's over.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Time will tell.
The end justifies the means.
Practice what you preach.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
All's fair in love and war.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Patience is a virtue.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Ignorance is bliss.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Fight the good fight.
Let well alone.
The customer is always right.
Count your blessings.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
All publicity is good publicity.
Charity begins at home.
A man is known by his friends.
Give the Devil his due.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Life is what you make it.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Share and share alike.
Each to their own.
Forgive and forget.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
If the cap fits, wear it.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
It takes one to know one.
The wages of sin is death.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Honesty is the best policy.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
You can't always get what you want.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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