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An man's home is his castle.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Patience is a virtue.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Less is more.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Better late than never.
The best defence is a good offence.
Time will tell.
East, west, home's best.
One swallow does not a summer make.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
For everything there is a season.
Good things come in small packages.
It goes without saying.
Good things come to those who wait.
Charity begins at home.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
No news is good news.
Get out while the getting is good.
You win some, you lose some.
Different strokes for different folks.
Easy come, easy go.
Time and tide wait for no one.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
It takes one to know one.
Money is the root of all evil.
It's best to be on the safe side.
What goes around comes around.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
You can't take it with you.
A dog is a man's best friend.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
Seeing is believing.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
The early bird gets the worm.
Home is where the heart is.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
Bad money drives out good.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Look before you leap.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
The exception which proves the rule.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Quid pro quo.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Seize the day.
Nothing succeeds like success.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Truth will out.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Money isn't everything.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Wonders will never cease.
Never go to bed on an argument.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Let well alone.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Opposites attract.
All's well that ends well.
There's no smoke without fire.
Physician, heal thyself.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Small things amuse small minds.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
The best-laid plans go astray.
The show must go on.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Walls have ears.
Still waters run deep.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
Speak as you find.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
There's no place like home.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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