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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Don't upset the apple-cart.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
It never rains but it pours.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Different strokes for different folks.
Don't change horses in midstream.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
A bad penny always turns up.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Silence construes consent.
Once a thief, always a thief.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Keep your powder dry.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
Oil and water don't mix.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Any port in a storm.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Time and tide wait for no one.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
Dead men tell no tales.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
The best things in life are free.
Business before pleasure.
A miss is as good as a mile.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
Good things come in small packages.
Only the good die young.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
A watched pot never boils.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Stupid is as stupid does.
You can't always get what you want.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Two heads are better than one.
Another day, another dollar.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
One good deed deserves another.
Time flies.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
First impressions are the most lasting.
The truth will out.
No rest for the wicked.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
The best defence is a good offence.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Go the extra mile.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
If the cap fits, wear it.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
He who hesitates is lost.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Let well alone.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Give credit where credit is due.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Keep your chin up.
All good things must come to an end.
A house is not a home.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Life begins at forty.
There's a time and a place for everything.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Third time lucky.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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