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It never rains but it pours.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Opposites attract.
You can have too much of a good thing.
A cat may look at a king.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
One hand washes the other.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Children and fools tell the truth.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Good talk saves the food.
Never tell tales out of school.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Money makes the world go round.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Less said, soon mended.
Love makes the world go round.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Business before pleasure.
Don't get mad, get even.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Go the extra mile.
Tomorrow is another day.
Out of sight, out of mind.
It's all grist to the mill.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Variety is the spice of life.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Different strokes for different folks.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
The best-laid plans go astray.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
All's well that ends well.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Fight fire with fire.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Still waters run deep.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
You can't win them all.
He who hesitates is lost.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
A good man is hard to find.
A watched pot never boils.
Silence is golden.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Practice makes perfect.
If you build it, they will come.
Nine tailors make a man.
Any port in a storm.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Wonders will never cease.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Many hands make light work.
No news is good news.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Paddle your own canoe.
Manners maketh the man.
There are two sides to every question.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Beware the Ides of March.
Make hay while the sun shines.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Birds of a feather flock together.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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