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One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Curiosity killed the cat.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Easy come, easy go.
Pride comes before a fall.
Faith will move mountains.
Needs must when the devil drives.
A good man is hard to find.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Give the Devil his due.
Slow but sure.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
An man's home is his castle.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
The more the merrier.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Charity begins at home.
Appearances can be deceptive.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Wonders will never cease.
East, west, home's best.
Hope springs eternal.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Don't get mad, get even.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Love will find a way.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Dead men tell no tales.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
The customer is always right.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
There's one born every minute.
In the midst of life we are in death.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
The Devil looks after his own.
Life is what you make it.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
There's no place like home.
There are two sides to every question.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
God helps those who help themselves.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Opposites attract.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
One good deed deserves another.
You can't win them all.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Fortune favours the brave.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Physician, heal thyself.
Walls have ears.
Big fish eat little fish.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
No man is an island.
A leopard can't change its spots.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Let the dead bury the dead.
It's better to give than to receive.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Good things come to those who wait.
What goes up must come down.
Many hands make light work.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
You reap what you sow.
Accidents will happen.
First things first.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Revenge is sweet.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
A cat has nine lives.
Still waters run deep.
No rest for the wicked.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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