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The apple never falls far from the tree.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Love will find a way.
Speak as you find.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Never tell tales out of school.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Beggars can't be choosers.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
For everything there is a season.
Make haste slowly.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Pride comes before a fall.
Once bitten, twice shy.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Moderation in all things.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
A good man is hard to find.
Walls have ears.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Grief divided is made lighter.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Don't rock the boat.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Fortune favours the brave.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
The age of miracles is past.
A cat may look at a king.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Don't get mad, get even.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Go the extra mile.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Time is money.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Seek and you shall find.
Give the Devil his due.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
There's one born every minute.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
It's all grist to the mill.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
History repeats itself.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Let bygones be bygones.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Every stick has two ends.
There is honour among thieves.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Money makes the world go round.
Curiosity killed the cat.
There are two sides to every question.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
A dog is a man's best friend.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Big fish eat little fish.
Share and share alike.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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