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He who laughs last, laughs longest.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Fight the good fight.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
A picture paints a thousand words.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Let well alone.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
The customer is always right.
Beware the Ides of March.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Pride comes before a fall.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
It's best to be on the safe side.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Might is right.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
A person is known by the company they keep.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
The Devil looks after his own.
Learn to walk before you run.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
If you build it, they will come.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Get out while the getting is good.
The best-laid plans go astray.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
No rest for the wicked.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
All roads lead to Rome.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Live and let live.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
The truth will out.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Make love not war.
God helps those who help themselves.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
No news is good news.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
There's no place like home.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
It's all grist to the mill.
One hand washes the other.
Marriages are made in heaven.
The early bird gets the worm.
There's no smoke without fire.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
East, west, home's best.
Great minds think alike.
The exception which proves the rule.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Each to their own.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Life begins at forty.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Hide in plain sight.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Enough is as good as a feast.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Children should be seen and not heard.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Money isn't everything.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Time flies.
There is honour among thieves.
What goes around comes around.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Opposites attract.
Money is the root of all evil.
The bigger, the better.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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