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The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
A cat may look at a king.
The Devil is in the details.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Cheats never prosper.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Forewarned is forearmed.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Hope springs eternal.
You can't take it with you.
The show must go on.
A stitch in time saves nine.
'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.
An man's home is his castle.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Never tell tales out of school.
Great minds think alike.
You can't make bricks without straw.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Money talks.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Money is the root of all evil.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
No news is good news.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Fight the good fight.
Good fences make good neighbours.
To every thing there is a season.
Let bygones be bygones.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
There are two sides to every question.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
There is honour among thieves.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
All good things come to those that wait.
The best is the enemy of the good.
It never rains but it pours.
Truth will out.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Big fish eat little fish.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Variety is the spice of life.
The best defence is a good offence.
Everyone has their price.
All that glitters is not gold.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Like father, like son.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
All's fair in love and war.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Beauty is only skin deep.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Fortune favours the brave.
One good deed deserves another.
The truth will out.
Less is more.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Let well alone.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
All roads lead to Rome.
An army marches on its stomach.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
God helps those who help themselves.
Still waters run deep.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Seek and you shall find.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
A thing begun is half done.
Seize the day.
Time will tell.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
Dead men tell no tales.
First things first.
Each to their own.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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