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You can't get blood out of a stone.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Make haste slowly.
Patience is a virtue.
Moderation in all things.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Live and let live.
You are never too old to learn.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Time flies.
All's fair in love and war.
All you need is love.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
A good man is hard to find.
Christmas comes but once a year.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Love is blind.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
A miss is as good as a mile.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Only fools and horses work.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Silence construes consent.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
A word to the wise is enough.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
First come, first served.
Money talks.
First impressions are the most lasting.
Every stick has two ends.
Attack is the best form of defence.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Never tell tales out of school.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Give credit where credit is due.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Easy come, easy go.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Misery loves company.
Cheats never prosper.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
An army marches on its stomach.
Share and share alike.
Only the good die young.
The best things in life are free.
He who hesitates is lost.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
The Devil is in the details.
Let the buyer beware.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Revenge is sweet.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Time will tell.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
History repeats itself.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Let well alone.
If the cap fits, wear it.
One hand washes the other.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Enough is enough.
Look before you leap.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Seeing is believing.
It's better to give than to receive.
Practice what you preach.
The wages of sin is death.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
The more the merrier.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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