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The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
There's a time and a place for everything.
To the victor go the spoils.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
All roads lead to Rome.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Quid pro quo.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
The Devil looks after his own.
Fight the good fight.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
A cat may look at a king.
Talk is cheap.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
There's one born every minute.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
East is east, and west is west.
Needs must when the devil drives.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Accidents will happen.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
If the cap fits, wear it.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Easy come, easy go.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Big fish eat little fish.
Money makes the world go round.
Share and share alike.
Faith will move mountains.
Man does not live by bread alone.
No news is good news.
A leopard can't change its spots.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
The wages of sin is death.
It goes without saying.
Like father, like son.
Keep your powder dry.
Love makes the world go round.
The early bird gets the worm.
Every picture tells a story.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
The leopard does not change his spots.
You are never too old to learn.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Great minds think alike.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Tomorrow never comes.
Slow but sure.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
A golden key can open any door.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Time flies.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
No man can serve two masters.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
It never rains but it pours.
To every thing there is a season.
You reap what you sow.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
A thing begun is half done.
Time is money.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Always put your best foot forward.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Persuasion is better than force.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Might is right.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
A bad penny always turns up.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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