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Tomorrow never comes.
Like father, like son.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
History repeats itself.
It goes without saying.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
A golden key can open any door.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
All the world loves a lover.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
A poor worker blames the tools.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Marriages are made in heaven.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Haste makes waste.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Let the dead bury the dead.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
The leopard does not change his spots.
First impressions are the most lasting.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
There's an exception to every rule.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Never give a sucker an even break.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
A bad penny always turns up.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Love is blind.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
You can't always get what you want.
What goes up must come down.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Never tell tales out of school.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Stupid is as stupid does.
It ain't over, till it's over.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Seeing is believing.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Nothing succeeds like success.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Share and share alike.
Many hands make light work.
Tomorrow is another day.
All's fair in love and war.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
The wages of sin is death.
East is east, and west is west.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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