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Random Proverbs (x 100)
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
More haste, less speed.
A word to the wise is enough.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
It's all grist to the mill.
To every thing there is a season.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
You can't win them all.
Don't change horses in midstream.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Oil and water don't mix.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
Waste not, want not.
Make haste slowly.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Time flies.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
There's no place like home.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Let the dead bury the dead.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Beware the Ides of March.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Seize the day.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
The show must go on.
One hand washes the other.
Learn to walk before you run.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
There's safety in numbers.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Knowledge is power.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Stupid is as stupid does.
A golden key can open any door.
A fish always rots from the head.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
A good man is hard to find.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Money isn't everything.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Accidents will happen.
Keep your powder dry.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Never tell tales out of school.
Truth will out.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Two heads are better than one.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
If the cap fits, wear it.
Money makes the world go round.
An man's home is his castle.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Time is money.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Any port in a storm.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Love will find a way.
Talk is cheap.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Virtue is its own reward.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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