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Let bygones be bygones.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Good things come in small packages.
All the world loves a lover.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Time flies.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
To the victor go the spoils.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Enough is enough.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
The best defence is a good offence.
Ignorance is bliss.
A bad penny always turns up.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Live and let live.
Only fools and horses work.
First things first.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
It takes one to know one.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
There's a time and a place for everything.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Good talk saves the food.
The more the merrier.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Keep your chin up.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Better safe than sorry.
Still waters run deep.
God helps those who help themselves.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Everyone has their price.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Every stick has two ends.
You can't make bricks without straw.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Look before you leap.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Practice what you preach.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
A word to the wise is enough.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
You can't win them all.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Talk is cheap.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
No man can serve two masters.
It ain't over, till it's over.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
Share and share alike.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
More haste, less speed.
Wonders will never cease.
Cheats never prosper.
There is no accounting for tastes.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Actions speak louder than words.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Dead men tell no tales.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Beauty is only skin deep.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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