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Fight the good fight.
One good deed deserves another.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Never go to bed on an argument.
It takes two to tango.
Time flies.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Get out while the getting is good.
Oil and water don't mix.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Make love not war.
Make haste slowly.
A leopard can't change its spots.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Give credit where credit is due.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
The bigger, the better.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
A cat has nine lives.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Quid pro quo.
It ain't over, till it's over.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Better safe than sorry.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Knowledge is power.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Fortune favours the brave.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
All good things come to those that wait.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
If the cap fits, wear it.
The customer is always right.
Every dog has its day.
You can't win them all.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
Time is money.
Let well alone.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Truth will out.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Money is the root of all evil.
It's all grist to the mill.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Love is blind.
A house is not a home.
First things first.
Don't throw good money after bad.
All publicity is good publicity.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Seek and you shall find.
Practice makes perfect.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
The age of miracles is past.
Hope springs eternal.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Beware the Ides of March.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Time is a great healer.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
For everything there is a season.
Enough is as good as a feast.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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