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Random Proverbs (x 100)
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Good things come in small packages.
Tomorrow never comes.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Fight fire with fire.
No rest for the wicked.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Seeing is believing.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
It's never too late to mend.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Fight the good fight.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Big fish eat little fish.
Pride comes before a fall.
Knowledge is power.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Laughter is the best medicine.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Half a loaf is better than none.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
Never speak ill of the dead.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Faith will move mountains.
All things must pass.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Variety is the spice of life.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Strike while the iron is hot.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Live and learn.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Actions speak louder than words.
Virtue is its own reward.
Forgive and forget.
Money makes the world go round.
Good fences make good neighbours.
He who hesitates is lost.
Another day, another dollar.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Clothes do not make the man.
There's no time like the present.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Talk is cheap.
The show must go on.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
The early bird gets the worm.
All roads lead to Rome.
Ignorance is bliss.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
You can't take it with you.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Let well alone.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Third time lucky.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
The more the merrier.
First impressions are the most lasting.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
It takes two to tango.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Quid pro quo.
Beware the Ides of March.
Truth will out.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Waste not, want not.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Let the dead bury the dead.
A poor worker blames the tools.
It's the singer not the song.
Might is right.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Still waters run deep.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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