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No rest for the wicked.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Waste not, want not.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Give the Devil his due.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Practice what you preach.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
The bigger, the better.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
Let well alone.
Big fish eat little fish.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
The more the merrier.
Share and share alike.
Needs must when the devil drives.
A cat has nine lives.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
There are two sides to every question.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Bad money drives out good.
Charity begins at home.
All things must pass.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Every picture tells a story.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Nothing new under the sun.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Make haste slowly.
You are what you eat.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Forgive and forget.
Accidents will happen.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
History repeats itself.
Enough is as good as a feast.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
No news is good news.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Make love not war.
Practice makes perfect.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
Business before pleasure.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Manners maketh the man.
You are never too old to learn.
Ignorance is bliss.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Man does not live by bread alone.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
The age of miracles is past.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Easy come, easy go.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Marriages are made in heaven.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Fight fire with fire.
You can't take it with you.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Time is a great healer.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
The customer is always right.
A new broom sweeps clean.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
East is east, and west is west.
Bad news travels fast.
Better safe than sorry.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Never tell tales out of school.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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