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East is east, and west is west.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Pride comes before a fall.
Another day, another dollar.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Silence is golden.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
First impressions are the most lasting.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Charity begins at home.
While there is life, there is hope.
A fish always rots from the head.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Children and fools tell the truth.
There's safety in numbers.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Better late than never.
It's the singer not the song.
A good man is hard to find.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Oil and water don't mix.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
What can't be cured must be endured.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
You can't take it with you.
All good things come to those that wait.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Never tell tales out of school.
Dead men tell no tales.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Home is where the heart is.
Big fish eat little fish.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Live and let live.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Once bitten, twice shy.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Misery loves company.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Money makes the world go round.
A man is known by his friends.
All's well that ends well.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Curiosity killed the cat.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
History repeats itself.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
It takes two to tango.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Time is money.
Haste makes waste.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
A golden key can open any door.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
All you need is love.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Seeing is believing.
Paddle your own canoe.
A cat has nine lives.
The leopard does not change his spots.
A thing begun is half done.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Always put your best foot forward.
Share and share alike.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Horses for courses.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Money is the root of all evil.
Two heads are better than one.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Money isn't everything.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
There's an exception to every rule.
All the world loves a lover.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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