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Random Proverbs (x 100)
No news is good news.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
All that glitters is not gold.
There's an exception to every rule.
Good talk saves the food.
One hand washes the other.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
All roads lead to Rome.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Let the dead bury the dead.
No man is an island.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
A house is not a home.
All's well that ends well.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Life is what you make it.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
In the midst of life we are in death.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Might is right.
There's no time like the present.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Wonders will never cease.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Let the buyer beware.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Charity begins at home.
A cat may look at a king.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
You can't win them all.
Manners maketh the man.
Home is where the heart is.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
There's one born every minute.
Christmas comes but once a year.
All good things must come to an end.
Quid pro quo.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Business before pleasure.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Get out while the getting is good.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Put your best foot forward.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
The bigger, the better.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Different strokes for different folks.
Small things amuse small minds.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
A poor worker blames the tools.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Slow and steady wins the race.
More haste, less speed.
There's a time and a place for everything.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
First impressions are the most lasting.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
The exception which proves the rule.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Money isn't everything.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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