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Random Proverbs (x 100)
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
A leopard can't change its spots.
Nine tailors make a man.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Never go to bed on an argument.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
You reap what you sow.
A man is known by his friends.
A golden key can open any door.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
It's the singer not the song.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Less is more.
Make haste slowly.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Time and tide wait for no one.
It never rains but it pours.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
An army marches on its stomach.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Patience is a virtue.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Time will tell.
The best things in life are free.
Talk is cheap.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
It takes one to know one.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Only the good die young.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Pearls of wisdom.
Still waters run deep.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Another day, another dollar.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Money is the root of all evil.
It takes two to tango.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Like father, like son.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Money isn't everything.
For everything there is a season.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Hide in plain sight.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Wonders will never cease.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Practice makes perfect.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Misery loves company.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Third time lucky.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Home is where the heart is.
Enough is as good as a feast.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Appearances can be deceptive.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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