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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Great minds think alike.
Give the Devil his due.
Every dog has its day.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Don't shoot the messenger.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Even a worm will turn.
There is honour among thieves.
Wonders will never cease.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
A cat has nine lives.
Time is money.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Seek and you shall find.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Go the extra mile.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Opposites attract.
Seize the day.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Fight fire with fire.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Look before you leap.
Many hands make light work.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Let the buyer beware.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Two heads are better than one.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Charity begins at home.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Walls have ears.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Speak as you find.
Accidents will happen.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
It's never too late to mend.
Moderation in all things.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Actions speak louder than words.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Grief divided is made lighter.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Any port in a storm.
A cat may look at a king.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
It takes two to tango.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Misery loves company.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Fight the good fight.
A person is known by the company they keep.
You can't make bricks without straw.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Better late than never.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
All's fair in love and war.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Better safe than sorry.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Money makes the world go round.
Love will find a way.
Enough is as good as a feast.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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