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Nine tailors make a man.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Walls have ears.
Waste not, want not.
Pride comes before a fall.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
Another day, another dollar.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Speak as you find.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Pearls of wisdom.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Everyone has their price.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
The best defence is a good offence.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
There's no smoke without fire.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Seeing is believing.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Money talks.
A good man is hard to find.
You reap what you sow.
History repeats itself.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Don't rock the boat.
Curiosity killed the cat.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
It's never too late to mend.
Seek and you shall find.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Let bygones be bygones.
Money makes the world go round.
Accidents will happen.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
No man can serve two masters.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
It's better to give than to receive.
Blood is thicker than water.
Keep your powder dry.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Live and let live.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Beauty is only skin deep.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
In the midst of life we are in death.
More haste, less speed.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Fight fire with fire.
All that glitters is not gold.
Fortune favours the brave.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Haste makes waste.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Beware the Ides of March.
Hide in plain sight.
Truth will out.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Bad news travels fast.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Oil and water don't mix.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
The Devil is in the details.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Share and share alike.
One good deed deserves another.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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