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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Might is right.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
The customer is always right.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Life is what you make it.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
A house is not a home.
Oil and water don't mix.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
First things first.
If you build it, they will come.
Still waters run deep.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Crime doesn't pay.
Get out while the getting is good.
The Devil is in the details.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Business before pleasure.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Charity begins at home.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
While there is life, there is hope.
Like father, like son.
Count your blessings.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Money is the root of all evil.
Different strokes for different folks.
The show must go on.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Make love not war.
The end justifies the means.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Honesty is the best policy.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
One hand washes the other.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
An army marches on its stomach.
Clothes do not make the man.
Time flies.
Every dog has its day.
Ignorance is bliss.
Truth will out.
Give credit where credit is due.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
A picture paints a thousand words.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Appearances can be deceptive.
The bigger, the better.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Let well alone.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Nothing succeeds like success.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Practice makes perfect.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
History repeats itself.
You are never too old to learn.
Blood is thicker than water.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Tomorrow is another day.
Let the dead bury the dead.
There is honour among thieves.
Every stick has two ends.
Give the Devil his due.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
No rest for the wicked.
It's the singer not the song.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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