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Beat swords into ploughshares.
East, west, home's best.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Slow but sure.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Life begins at forty.
If you build it, they will come.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Crime doesn't pay.
Practice what you preach.
The best things in life are free.
Even a worm will turn.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
All publicity is good publicity.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Knowledge is power.
First impressions are the most lasting.
There is honour among thieves.
While there is life, there is hope.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
There's safety in numbers.
Quid pro quo.
All roads lead to Rome.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Laughter is the best medicine.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
He who hesitates is lost.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Put your best foot forward.
Clothes do not make the man.
The age of miracles is past.
Pearls of wisdom.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Variety is the spice of life.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
What goes around comes around.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Two heads are better than one.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
No man can serve two masters.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Make haste slowly.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Horses for courses.
Money makes the world go round.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
One swallow does not a summer make.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
A good man is hard to find.
Never tell tales out of school.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Less said, soon mended.
No news is good news.
Fight fire with fire.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
An man's home is his castle.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
There are two sides to every question.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
There's a time and a place for everything.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
It takes two to tango.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Good things come in small packages.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
The truth will out.
Silence is golden.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Revenge is sweet.
It's the singer not the song.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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