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There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Every stick has two ends.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
You can't win them all.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Knowledge is power.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Handsome is as handsome does.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
It's the singer not the song.
Get out while the getting is good.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
All the world loves a lover.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Cheats never prosper.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Paddle your own canoe.
No rest for the wicked.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
There's no smoke without fire.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
The truth will out.
Let well alone.
The Devil is in the details.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
One good deed deserves another.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Keep your powder dry.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Waste not, want not.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Better late than never.
The more the merrier.
Ignorance is bliss.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Fortune favours the brave.
Half a loaf is better than none.
A cat may look at a king.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
The Devil looks after his own.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Horses for courses.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
The best defence is a good offence.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
You are what you eat.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Dead men tell no tales.
Crime doesn't pay.
Haste makes waste.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Any port in a storm.
All's fair in love and war.
Quid pro quo.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Fight the good fight.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
The best things in life are free.
Never tell tales out of school.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Two heads are better than one.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
More haste, less speed.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
There is honour among thieves.
Love makes the world go round.
It never rains but it pours.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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