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First come, first served.
Every dog has its day.
Don't rock the boat.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Let the buyer beware.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
The more the merrier.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Let bygones be bygones.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Two heads are better than one.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Bad news travels fast.
One good deed deserves another.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Enough is as good as a feast.
The customer is always right.
Horses for courses.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Like father, like son.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Great minds think alike.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
When one door shuts, another opens.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
The wages of sin is death.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Revenge is sweet.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
It ain't over, till it's over.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Fortune favours the brave.
All you need is love.
The best defence is a good offence.
It's all grist to the mill.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Better safe than sorry.
Easy come, easy go.
God helps those who help themselves.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Life begins at forty.
Waste not, want not.
The end justifies the means.
Life is what you make it.
Make haste slowly.
Money isn't everything.
Good talk saves the food.
Fight fire with fire.
All roads lead to Rome.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Needs must when the devil drives.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Seek and you shall find.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
What goes up must come down.
Money is the root of all evil.
Moderation in all things.
If you build it, they will come.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Variety is the spice of life.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
The exception which proves the rule.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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