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Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
A person is known by the company they keep.
You can have too much of a good thing.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Bad money drives out good.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
The early bird gets the worm.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Always put your best foot forward.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Hope springs eternal.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
The pen is mightier than sword.
It goes without saying.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Get out while the getting is good.
One hand washes the other.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Forgive and forget.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Like father, like son.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
There's an exception to every rule.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Never go to bed on an argument.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Let the dead bury the dead.
East is east, and west is west.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
The best defence is a good offence.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
It takes two to tango.
You can't always get what you want.
Children should be seen and not heard.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Nine tailors make a man.
Pride comes before a fall.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Every dog has its day.
You can't take it with you.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Still waters run deep.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Life begins at forty.
Practice what you preach.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Learn to walk before you run.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Quid pro quo.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Every picture tells a story.
Variety is the spice of life.
Attack is the best form of defence.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
Home is where the heart is.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Crime doesn't pay.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
There's a time and a place for everything.
In the midst of life we are in death.
No man can serve two masters.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Don't rock the boat.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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