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Random Proverbs (x 100)
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Keep your powder dry.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Faith will move mountains.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Slow but sure.
Small things amuse small minds.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Cheats never prosper.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Make haste slowly.
Third time lucky.
Love is blind.
The customer is always right.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Enough is enough.
Time is money.
There's no place like home.
You win some, you lose some.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
What goes around comes around.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Still waters run deep.
A man is known by his friends.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Nine tailors make a man.
Charity begins at home.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
History repeats itself.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Ignorance is bliss.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Horses for courses.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
All good things must come to an end.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
East, west, home's best.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Half a loaf is better than none.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Give the Devil his due.
Haste makes waste.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Fortune favours the brave.
Truth will out.
Money isn't everything.
It's the singer not the song.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Knowledge is power.
Give credit where credit is due.
Money talks.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Don't rock the boat.
The Devil looks after his own.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Money is the root of all evil.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
You are what you eat.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
East is east, and west is west.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Money makes the world go round.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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