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Go the extra mile.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
A house is not a home.
There's no place like home.
Horses for courses.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Dead men tell no tales.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
No man can serve two masters.
Learn to walk before you run.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
He who hesitates is lost.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
One good deed deserves another.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Actions speak louder than words.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
A watched pot never boils.
Tomorrow never comes.
Enough is enough.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Any port in a storm.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Knowledge is power.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
God helps those who help themselves.
The best is the enemy of the good.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Life begins at forty.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Less is more.
Better late than never.
There's safety in numbers.
There's one born every minute.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Every stick has two ends.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Let the dead bury the dead.
You are never too old to learn.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Money isn't everything.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
The end justifies the means.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Pride comes before a fall.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Forewarned is forearmed.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Fortune favours the brave.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
It takes one to know one.
All good things must come to an end.
Fight fire with fire.
To the victor go the spoils.
Seeing is believing.
All good things come to those that wait.
Variety is the spice of life.
Nothing succeeds like success.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Crime doesn't pay.
A bad penny always turns up.
Another day, another dollar.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Good talk saves the food.
A miss is as good as a mile.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Many hands make light work.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
In the midst of life we are in death.
There's no time like the present.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Patience is a virtue.
It goes without saying.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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