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There's one born every minute.
There's no smoke without fire.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Truth will out.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Make hay while the sun shines.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Patience is a virtue.
Nothing succeeds like success.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
A man is known by his friends.
All the world loves a lover.
Might is right.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Crime doesn't pay.
Everyone has their price.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Get out while the getting is good.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Third time lucky.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Enough is enough.
Keep your chin up.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Quid pro quo.
Learn to walk before you run.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Bad money drives out good.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Hide in plain sight.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Tomorrow never comes.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Actions speak louder than words.
The best things in life are free.
It ain't over, till it's over.
A person is known by the company they keep.
There's an exception to every rule.
Money isn't everything.
Life is what you make it.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
All publicity is good publicity.
History repeats itself.
One good deed deserves another.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Big fish eat little fish.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
A stitch in time saves nine.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
There are two sides to every question.
A thing begun is half done.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Bad news travels fast.
Money talks.
Waste not, want not.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
The bigger, the better.
Slow but sure.
Make love not war.
Good things come to those who wait.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Forgive and forget.
Honesty is the best policy.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
First come, first served.
Manners maketh the man.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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