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If you build it, they will come.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
The early bird gets the worm.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Get out while the getting is good.
No rest for the wicked.
The show must go on.
A poor worker blames the tools.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
While there is life, there is hope.
Great minds think alike.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Each to their own.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
A word to the wise is enough.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Good things come in small packages.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Quid pro quo.
Pride comes before a fall.
Seize the day.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
You can't make bricks without straw.
A good man is hard to find.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
The more the merrier.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Love will find a way.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Faith will move mountains.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Give the Devil his due.
All good things must come to an end.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
What goes around comes around.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A fish always rots from the head.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Grief divided is made lighter.
No man can serve two masters.
Let bygones be bygones.
Time is a great healer.
Attack is the best form of defence.
You can't win them all.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Time is money.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Everyone has their price.
Might is right.
All good things come to those that wait.
Never tell tales out of school.
An army marches on its stomach.
Only the good die young.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Money makes the world go round.
Fight fire with fire.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Variety is the spice of life.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Make love not war.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Hope springs eternal.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Horses for courses.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Tomorrow never comes.
A cat may look at a king.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Knowledge is power.
Only fools and horses work.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
East is east, and west is west.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Different strokes for different folks.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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