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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Attack is the best form of defence.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
History repeats itself.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Cheats never prosper.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
The Devil is in the details.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Physician, heal thyself.
Waste not, want not.
Knowledge is power.
Let the dead bury the dead.
You are never too old to learn.
Blood is thicker than water.
Money isn't everything.
There's safety in numbers.
Every picture tells a story.
Make haste slowly.
East is east, and west is west.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Money makes the world go round.
It takes two to tango.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Seek and you shall find.
Each to their own.
Strike while the iron is hot.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Another day, another dollar.
Give the Devil his due.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Always put your best foot forward.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
All good things must come to an end.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
To every thing there is a season.
Less said, soon mended.
Never give a sucker an even break.
The bigger, the better.
You are what you eat.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
When one door shuts, another opens.
No rest for the wicked.
Silence construes consent.
Nothing new under the sun.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
God helps those who help themselves.
Out of sight, out of mind.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Great minds think alike.
Still waters run deep.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Stupid is as stupid does.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
A word to the wise is enough.
An man's home is his castle.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Talk is cheap.
A golden key can open any door.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Don't get mad, get even.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
To the victor go the spoils.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Live and learn.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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