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Everyone has their price.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Little pitchers have big ears.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Nothing new under the sun.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
A word to the wise is enough.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Tomorrow is another day.
Every stick has two ends.
Good things come in small packages.
There's no time like the present.
Let the buyer beware.
Silence is golden.
Live and learn.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Time is money.
Persuasion is better than force.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Children and fools tell the truth.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
It's never too late to mend.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
You can't always get what you want.
Time flies.
Another day, another dollar.
Make haste slowly.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
It goes without saying.
Keep your powder dry.
Man does not live by bread alone.
What goes around comes around.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
A person is known by the company they keep.
All good things come to those that wait.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Seize the day.
A house is not a home.
Don't change horses in midstream.
A fish always rots from the head.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Enough is as good as a feast.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Let bygones be bygones.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
There's an exception to every rule.
A man is known by his friends.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
All publicity is good publicity.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Revenge is sweet.
To every thing there is a season.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Crime doesn't pay.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
He who hesitates is lost.
Tomorrow never comes.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Wonders will never cease.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Charity begins at home.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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