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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Like father, like son.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Good talk saves the food.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Hope springs eternal.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
A new broom sweeps clean.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Oil and water don't mix.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
It takes two to tango.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
The age of miracles is past.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Variety is the spice of life.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
All publicity is good publicity.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Look before you leap.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Birds of a feather flock together.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
First impressions are the most lasting.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
East, west, home's best.
East is east, and west is west.
Great minds think alike.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Big fish eat little fish.
Wonders will never cease.
If the cap fits, wear it.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Honesty is the best policy.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
The wages of sin is death.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Even a worm will turn.
There's no time like the present.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Count your blessings.
Horses for courses.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Needs must when the devil drives.
It's the singer not the song.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
Give credit where credit is due.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
Many hands make light work.
Easy come, easy go.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
More haste, less speed.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Cheats never prosper.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Bad news travels fast.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Pride comes before a fall.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Opposites attract.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Don't rock the boat.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
A word to the wise is enough.
The best defence is a good offence.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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