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If you build it, they will come.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
For everything there is a season.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
You can't always get what you want.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
There's no smoke without fire.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Hope springs eternal.
Practice makes perfect.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Like father, like son.
Bad money drives out good.
Learn to walk before you run.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Tomorrow never comes.
All good things must come to an end.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Do as I say, not as I do.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Enough is enough.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Variety is the spice of life.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Christmas comes but once a year.
All's fair in love and war.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Time is money.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Beware the Ides of March.
Marriages are made in heaven.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
It's better to give than to receive.
Less said, soon mended.
Let the buyer beware.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
All's well that ends well.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Misery loves company.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Horses for courses.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Physician, heal thyself.
Speak as you find.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
You can't take it with you.
Nine tailors make a man.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
The best things in life are free.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Beggars can't be choosers.
An man's home is his castle.
Go the extra mile.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
There's no time like the present.
Tomorrow is another day.
A cat may look at a king.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
All publicity is good publicity.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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