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Possession is nine points of the law.
For everything there is a season.
Big fish eat little fish.
Love is blind.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Misery loves company.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
There's no time like the present.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Another day, another dollar.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Paddle your own canoe.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Fight the good fight.
All good things come to those that wait.
Youth is wasted on the young.
All's well that ends well.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Good talk saves the food.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Only fools and horses work.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Slow but sure.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Money is the root of all evil.
The best defence is a good offence.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Don't throw good money after bad.
The wages of sin is death.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Better safe than sorry.
You are what you eat.
All things must pass.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
First things first.
Love makes the world go round.
One good deed deserves another.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
God helps those who help themselves.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Hope springs eternal.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Fight fire with fire.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Ignorance is bliss.
No man is an island.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
The best things in life are free.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
Keep your chin up.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Time flies.
Wonders will never cease.
Tomorrow never comes.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Oil and water don't mix.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
There's no fool like an old fool.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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