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It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Money makes the world go round.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
It takes one to know one.
You can't win them all.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Less is more.
Any port in a storm.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Live and let live.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Cheats never prosper.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
The best is the enemy of the good.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Horses for courses.
Put your best foot forward.
Love makes the world go round.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Make haste slowly.
Small things amuse small minds.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
You win some, you lose some.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
If you can't be good, be careful.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
If the cap fits, wear it.
If you build it, they will come.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Handsome is as handsome does.
The Devil is in the details.
Patience is a virtue.
You are what you eat.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
More haste, less speed.
The pen is mightier than sword.
The wages of sin is death.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Money is the root of all evil.
Never go to bed on an argument.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Tomorrow never comes.
Share and share alike.
Go the extra mile.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Money talks.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Let bygones be bygones.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Every picture tells a story.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
First come, first served.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Money isn't everything.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Let the buyer beware.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Good things come in small packages.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Forgive and forget.
Persuasion is better than force.
It goes without saying.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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