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Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Make hay while the sun shines.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
The bigger, the better.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
The wages of sin is death.
Any port in a storm.
No news is good news.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
If the cap fits, wear it.
Bad news travels fast.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Actions speak louder than words.
Fortune favours the brave.
Give credit where credit is due.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Seize the day.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
All's fair in love and war.
For everything there is a season.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Slow and steady wins the race.
There is honour among thieves.
Variety is the spice of life.
Ignorance is bliss.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Enough is as good as a feast.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
While there is life, there is hope.
Many hands make light work.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Pearls of wisdom.
First come, first served.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Another day, another dollar.
Hide in plain sight.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
The exception which proves the rule.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
The customer is always right.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Let the buyer beware.
Time is a great healer.
Quid pro quo.
Time is money.
Charity begins at home.
Oil and water don't mix.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Money isn't everything.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Horses for courses.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Every picture tells a story.
When one door shuts, another opens.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Pride comes before a fall.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Keep your powder dry.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
All that glitters is not gold.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
One good deed deserves another.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
You can't win them all.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Persuasion is better than force.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
A thing begun is half done.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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