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Random Proverbs (x 100)
You are never too old to learn.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Money makes the world go round.
Nine tailors make a man.
Never tell tales out of school.
It takes one to know one.
Cheats never prosper.
Manners maketh the man.
Give the Devil his due.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Time will tell.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Silence is golden.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Let bygones be bygones.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Physician, heal thyself.
All good things come to those that wait.
Slow and steady wins the race.
An man's home is his castle.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
A fish always rots from the head.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Once bitten, twice shy.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
There's an exception to every rule.
Time is money.
The age of miracles is past.
The more the merrier.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Hide in plain sight.
Blood is thicker than water.
A new broom sweeps clean.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Fight the good fight.
Strike while the iron is hot.
First come, first served.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Count your blessings.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
A good man is hard to find.
Cold hands, warm heart.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Honesty is the best policy.
A poor worker blames the tools.
It's never too late to mend.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
A leopard can't change its spots.
Tomorrow is another day.
The early bird gets the worm.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Waste not, want not.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Appearances can be deceptive.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
It goes without saying.
There's no place like home.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Tomorrow never comes.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Youth is wasted on the young.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Different strokes for different folks.
Revenge is sweet.
Misery loves company.
Opposites attract.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Time is a great healer.
Good fences make good neighbours.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Give credit where credit is due.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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