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Time is a great healer.
While there is life, there is hope.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Seeing is believing.
To the victor go the spoils.
Quid pro quo.
Nothing new under the sun.
An man's home is his castle.
There is honour among thieves.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Keep your powder dry.
Great minds think alike.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
You win some, you lose some.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Any port in a storm.
Walls have ears.
There's no time like the present.
Good talk saves the food.
Blood is thicker than water.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Make love not war.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Strike while the iron is hot.
There's no place like home.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Fight the good fight.
Two heads are better than one.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
One swallow does not a summer make.
A watched pot never boils.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
The bigger, the better.
Ignorance is bliss.
What can't be cured must be endured.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Children should be seen and not heard.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Actions speak louder than words.
Look before you leap.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
To every thing there is a season.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Misery loves company.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Money isn't everything.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Nine tailors make a man.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Make haste slowly.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Let bygones be bygones.
Do as I say, not as I do.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Cheats never prosper.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
History repeats itself.
Live and learn.
It never rains but it pours.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Give credit where credit is due.
Wonders will never cease.
You can't win them all.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Grief divided is made lighter.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Don't rock the boat.
Still waters run deep.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
The customer is always right.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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