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Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Tomorrow never comes.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
The best is the enemy of the good.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Quid pro quo.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Only the good die young.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
No pain, no gain.
Put your best foot forward.
Like father, like son.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Keep your powder dry.
A house is not a home.
Love is blind.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Walls have ears.
Money talks.
Knowledge is power.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Don't change horses in midstream.
God helps those who help themselves.
Might is right.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
The show must go on.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Time will tell.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
A bad penny always turns up.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
It's better to give than to receive.
Don't shoot the messenger.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Life begins at forty.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Blood is thicker than water.
What goes around comes around.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Bad money drives out good.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
There's an exception to every rule.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
All the world loves a lover.
Beggars can't be choosers.
It never rains but it pours.
All that glitters is not gold.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
All things must pass.
You can have too much of a good thing.
No news is good news.
Learn to walk before you run.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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