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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Variety is the spice of life.
Hide in plain sight.
Big fish eat little fish.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
No man is an island.
Money isn't everything.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
The Devil is in the details.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
An man's home is his castle.
Do as I say, not as I do.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
One hand washes the other.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Good talk saves the food.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Strike while the iron is hot.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
A thing begun is half done.
Keep your chin up.
A golden key can open any door.
Still waters run deep.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Good things come to those who wait.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
You can't take it with you.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
All good things come to those that wait.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Easy come, easy go.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
A fish always rots from the head.
All the world loves a lover.
Let well alone.
Time is a great healer.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Faith will move mountains.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Beware the Ides of March.
Make love not war.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
There's a time and a place for everything.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Look before you leap.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
No man can serve two masters.
You are what you eat.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Beggars can't be choosers.
A poor worker blames the tools.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Enough is enough.
Bad money drives out good.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
The early bird gets the worm.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
The exception which proves the rule.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Nine tailors make a man.
The age of miracles is past.
Love makes the world go round.
Fortune favours the brave.
An army marches on its stomach.
Less said, soon mended.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
While there is life, there is hope.
Truth will out.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
To the victor go the spoils.
There's no place like home.
Don't throw good money after bad.
The best-laid plans go astray.
All's well that ends well.
It never rains but it pours.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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