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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Little pitchers have big ears.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Get out while the getting is good.
The age of miracles is past.
Every picture tells a story.
Talk is cheap.
Seeing is believing.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
There's an exception to every rule.
Nothing new under the sun.
All's well that ends well.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Every stick has two ends.
A new broom sweeps clean.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Let well alone.
Love will find a way.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
There's no place like home.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Cheats never prosper.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
You can't win them all.
The leopard does not change his spots.
No man can serve two masters.
Great minds think alike.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
The Devil is in the details.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
All good things must come to an end.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
All publicity is good publicity.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Only fools and horses work.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Still waters run deep.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
Speak as you find.
Marriages are made in heaven.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Wonders will never cease.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Walls have ears.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
He who hesitates is lost.
Crime doesn't pay.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Physician, heal thyself.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
You win some, you lose some.
Children and fools tell the truth.
You reap what you sow.
Don't shoot the messenger.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
A fish always rots from the head.
A watched pot never boils.
You are never too old to learn.
It's better to give than to receive.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Slow but sure.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Persuasion is better than force.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Never give a sucker an even break.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Money isn't everything.
Easy come, easy go.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Virtue is its own reward.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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