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People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Still waters run deep.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
A stitch in time saves nine.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
To every thing there is a season.
Learn to walk before you run.
Out of sight, out of mind.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
You are what you eat.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Talk is cheap.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
The early bird gets the worm.
The customer is always right.
Time will tell.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
There is no accounting for tastes.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Time flies.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
A cat may look at a king.
There's no smoke without fire.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
An man's home is his castle.
Hide in plain sight.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Charity begins at home.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
All's fair in love and war.
Quid pro quo.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
It's better to give than to receive.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
Speak as you find.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
A bad penny always turns up.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
The truth will out.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Money isn't everything.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
The exception which proves the rule.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Different strokes for different folks.
Tomorrow never comes.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Needs must when the devil drives.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Better late than never.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
One hand washes the other.
Don't change horses in midstream.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
All publicity is good publicity.
There's one born every minute.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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