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Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Let bygones be bygones.
An army marches on its stomach.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Silence is golden.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
There's safety in numbers.
The pen is mightier than sword.
The bigger, the better.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Wonders will never cease.
Paddle your own canoe.
Count your blessings.
Attack is the best form of defence.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Still waters run deep.
One hand washes the other.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Less said, soon mended.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Time and tide wait for no one.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
A fish always rots from the head.
The best things in life are free.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Waste not, want not.
Life is what you make it.
Nine tailors make a man.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Oil and water don't mix.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Every stick has two ends.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
Fight fire with fire.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Money isn't everything.
Beggars can't be choosers.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Walls have ears.
Time will tell.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Practice makes perfect.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Give the Devil his due.
The best defence is a good offence.
The customer is always right.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
There's no fool like an old fool.
There's no place like home.
Might is right.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Seize the day.
Only fools and horses work.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Share and share alike.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Better late than never.
Christmas comes but once a year.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
A house is not a home.
Money makes the world go round.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Time flies.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Misery loves company.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
There's one born every minute.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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