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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Forgive and forget.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Business before pleasure.
Quid pro quo.
There's safety in numbers.
For everything there is a season.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Better late than never.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Haste makes waste.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Give the Devil his due.
Enough is enough.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Every stick has two ends.
A cat has nine lives.
Life is what you make it.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
There's no place like home.
Actions speak louder than words.
All roads lead to Rome.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Stupid is as stupid does.
A cat may look at a king.
There's no time like the present.
All you need is love.
It takes two to tango.
History repeats itself.
All good things come to those that wait.
Physician, heal thyself.
No pain, no gain.
Cheats never prosper.
Money makes the world go round.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
It's the singer not the song.
Two heads are better than one.
Keep your powder dry.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Don't rock the boat.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Fortune favours the brave.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
There are two sides to every question.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
Even a worm will turn.
You are never too old to learn.
Third time lucky.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
A watched pot never boils.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Don't change horses in midstream.
East is east, and west is west.
Misery loves company.
You can't take it with you.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Look before you leap.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Tomorrow never comes.
You are what you eat.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Opposites attract.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
All the world loves a lover.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
First things first.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
A word to the wise is enough.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Live and let live.
Horses for courses.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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