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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Speak as you find.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Different strokes for different folks.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Keep your chin up.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Forgive and forget.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Honesty is the best policy.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Life is what you make it.
A man is known by his friends.
A bad penny always turns up.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
There's no time like the present.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
History repeats itself.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
If you build it, they will come.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Live and learn.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Blood is thicker than water.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
The customer is always right.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Beggars can't be choosers.
It's all grist to the mill.
Make hay while the sun shines.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
The end justifies the means.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Time will tell.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
If the cap fits, wear it.
A dog is a man's best friend.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Time flies.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Silence construes consent.
Look before you leap.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
Don't rock the boat.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
First come, first served.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Tomorrow never comes.
Cold hands, warm heart.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Fight fire with fire.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Handsome is as handsome does.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Two heads are better than one.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Tomorrow is another day.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Pearls of wisdom.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Bad money drives out good.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Waste not, want not.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Misery loves company.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Put your best foot forward.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
An man's home is his castle.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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