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Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Each to their own.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Paddle your own canoe.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
No news is good news.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Seeing is believing.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
It's best to be on the safe side.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
All's well that ends well.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
First impressions are the most lasting.
Variety is the spice of life.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
It takes two to tango.
A word to the wise is enough.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Marriages are made in heaven.
All good things must come to an end.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
The exception which proves the rule.
East, west, home's best.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
A picture paints a thousand words.
An army marches on its stomach.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
All that glitters is not gold.
Money makes the world go round.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Virtue is its own reward.
Charity begins at home.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
All roads lead to Rome.
You can't take it with you.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Only fools and horses work.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Every dog has its day.
You can have too much of a good thing.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
One hand washes the other.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
No rest for the wicked.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Silence construes consent.
Tomorrow is another day.
Revenge is sweet.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Another day, another dollar.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Give the Devil his due.
Honesty is the best policy.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
A good man is hard to find.
A poor worker blames the tools.
A leopard can't change its spots.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Life begins at forty.
He who hesitates is lost.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Less said, soon mended.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Oil and water don't mix.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Good talk saves the food.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
There's no smoke without fire.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
The best is the enemy of the good.
The early bird gets the worm.
There's an exception to every rule.
Let bygones be bygones.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
One good deed deserves another.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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