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Random Proverbs (x 100)
One swallow does not a summer make.
Hide in plain sight.
Seize the day.
The end justifies the means.
Bad news travels fast.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
A dog is a man's best friend.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Out of sight, out of mind.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Never tell tales out of school.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Only the good die young.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Ignorance is bliss.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Beware the Ides of March.
First impressions are the most lasting.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Practice what you preach.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
The Devil is in the details.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
There is no accounting for tastes.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Tomorrow never comes.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
You reap what you sow.
Love is blind.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
No news is good news.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
It's never too late to mend.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Clothes do not make the man.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Opposites attract.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
All's fair in love and war.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
The exception which proves the rule.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
A house is not a home.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Love makes the world go round.
All you need is love.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Count your blessings.
Practice makes perfect.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
An man's home is his castle.
Don't rock the boat.
Any port in a storm.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Crime doesn't pay.
Small things amuse small minds.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
One good deed deserves another.
Bad money drives out good.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
A cat may look at a king.
Pearls of wisdom.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Money makes the world go round.
A miss is as good as a mile.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Good talk saves the food.
More haste, less speed.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Oil and water don't mix.
First come, first served.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
There's no smoke without fire.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Faith will move mountains.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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