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Random Proverbs (x 100)
A leopard can't change its spots.
Live and let live.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
Truth will out.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
It takes one to know one.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Faith will move mountains.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
You are never too old to learn.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
God helps those who help themselves.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
One hand washes the other.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
A fish always rots from the head.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Home is where the heart is.
It never rains but it pours.
All that glitters is not gold.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Enough is enough.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Love is blind.
What goes up must come down.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Charity begins at home.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Nine tailors make a man.
Love will find a way.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
The Devil is in the details.
It's the singer not the song.
Stupid is as stupid does.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
The Devil looks after his own.
No man is an island.
Beware the Ides of March.
One good deed deserves another.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
A golden key can open any door.
Accidents will happen.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
The truth will out.
Like father, like son.
There is no accounting for tastes.
If you build it, they will come.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Count your blessings.
Time is a great healer.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Good things come in small packages.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Curiosity killed the cat.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Big fish eat little fish.
Good talk saves the food.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Silence construes consent.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Make love not war.
Enough is as good as a feast.
No rest for the wicked.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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