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A man is known by his friends.
Easy come, easy go.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
The early bird gets the worm.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
To every thing there is a season.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
It's the singer not the song.
Only fools and horses work.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Love will find a way.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Fortune favours the brave.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
There's safety in numbers.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
There's a time and a place for everything.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
No man is an island.
Physician, heal thyself.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Silence is golden.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Never give a sucker an even break.
A cat may look at a king.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Revenge is sweet.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Faith will move mountains.
Great minds think alike.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Learn to walk before you run.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
Slow and steady wins the race.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
Fight fire with fire.
Once a thief, always a thief.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
God helps those who help themselves.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
A miss is as good as a mile.
All good things must come to an end.
Misery loves company.
Always put your best foot forward.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
A house is not a home.
Still waters run deep.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Third time lucky.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
A bad penny always turns up.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Two heads are better than one.
Put your best foot forward.
Beauty is only skin deep.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Count your blessings.
Bad news travels fast.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Pride comes before a fall.
The customer is always right.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Each to their own.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Slow but sure.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Manners maketh the man.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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