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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Love is blind.
Crime doesn't pay.
Give the Devil his due.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Variety is the spice of life.
Speak as you find.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Possession is nine points of the law.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Faith will move mountains.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
There's no smoke without fire.
A cat has nine lives.
Truth will out.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Out of sight, out of mind.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Easy come, easy go.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
All you need is love.
Make love not war.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
A cat may look at a king.
An army marches on its stomach.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
If you build it, they will come.
The exception which proves the rule.
Manners maketh the man.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Fortune favours the brave.
It's never too late to mend.
Never tell tales out of school.
He who hesitates is lost.
Money talks.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Silence construes consent.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Seize the day.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
A poor worker blames the tools.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
A stitch in time saves nine.
All things must pass.
Quid pro quo.
Nothing new under the sun.
A thing begun is half done.
Big fish eat little fish.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Accidents will happen.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
A house is not a home.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
No rest for the wicked.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Go the extra mile.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
A good man is hard to find.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Don't rock the boat.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
A dog is a man's best friend.
You are never too old to learn.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Each to their own.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Hope springs eternal.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
No pain, no gain.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Another day, another dollar.
The more the merrier.
Beauty is only skin deep.
A new broom sweeps clean.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Let bygones be bygones.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Walls have ears.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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