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Let the punishment fit the crime.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Many hands make light work.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Every dog has its day.
Another day, another dollar.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Let well alone.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Time will tell.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Don't get mad, get even.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
The pen is mightier than sword.
It's never too late to mend.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Every stick has two ends.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
While there is life, there is hope.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Beware the Ides of March.
Better safe than sorry.
Quid pro quo.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
The end justifies the means.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
The Devil looks after his own.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
There's an exception to every rule.
Good things come to those who wait.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Only the good die young.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
A cat has nine lives.
Walls have ears.
Bad money drives out good.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
It's the singer not the song.
For everything there is a season.
Money talks.
Strike while the iron is hot.
When one door shuts, another opens.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
A leopard can't change its spots.
Talk is cheap.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Slow but sure.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Let bygones be bygones.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Make love not war.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Every picture tells a story.
Give the Devil his due.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Home is where the heart is.
The wages of sin is death.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Waste not, want not.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Cheats never prosper.
Forewarned is forearmed.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Give credit where credit is due.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Handsome is as handsome does.
The age of miracles is past.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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