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Man does not live by bread alone.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Time is money.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Honesty is the best policy.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
East, west, home's best.
Ignorance is bliss.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
There's no smoke without fire.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
When one door shuts, another opens.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Waste not, want not.
First impressions are the most lasting.
Don't get mad, get even.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Any port in a storm.
It's all grist to the mill.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Nothing new under the sun.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Revenge is sweet.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
The best-laid plans go astray.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
No rest for the wicked.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
Don't rock the boat.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Make love not war.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
A leopard can't change its spots.
Let the buyer beware.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Accidents will happen.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
The best things in life are free.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Hide in plain sight.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Every picture tells a story.
All's well that ends well.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Let bygones be bygones.
If you build it, they will come.
To the victor go the spoils.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
Speak as you find.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
An man's home is his castle.
Bad news travels fast.
Money isn't everything.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Time flies.
Look before you leap.
Seize the day.
Fight the good fight.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Birds of a feather flock together.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Make haste slowly.
Seek and you shall find.
Life begins at forty.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Opposites attract.
Practice what you preach.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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