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Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
All good things come to those that wait.
You can't always get what you want.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
There's one born every minute.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
You reap what you sow.
A dog is a man's best friend.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
There is honour among thieves.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Let well alone.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
The bigger, the better.
Dead men tell no tales.
One good deed deserves another.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
All's well that ends well.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Cheats never prosper.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Silence construes consent.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Accidents will happen.
Practice what you preach.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Seeing is believing.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
Know which side your bread is buttered.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
More haste, less speed.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Seize the day.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
For everything there is a season.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Don't get mad, get even.
Quid pro quo.
Slow but sure.
Better late than never.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
You are what you eat.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
There is no accounting for tastes.
A watched pot never boils.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Strike while the iron is hot.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Children and fools tell the truth.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Live and learn.
Needs must when the devil drives.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Live and let live.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Seek and you shall find.
Tomorrow never comes.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Give the Devil his due.
Fight the good fight.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Big fish eat little fish.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Christmas comes but once a year.
A word to the wise is enough.
Small things amuse small minds.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Manners maketh the man.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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