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Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
First things first.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Love will find a way.
Everyone has their price.
Time is a great healer.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
A dog is a man's best friend.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
The best defence is a good offence.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
For everything there is a season.
Make haste slowly.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Love is blind.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
No man is an island.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Patience is a virtue.
Only fools and horses work.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Fight fire with fire.
The best is the enemy of the good.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
You can't always get what you want.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Money isn't everything.
The best things in life are free.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Don't change horses in midstream.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Look before you leap.
No news is good news.
Learn to walk before you run.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Put your best foot forward.
Don't rock the boat.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
Good fences make good neighbours.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
All roads lead to Rome.
Silence is golden.
The Devil is in the details.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Give the Devil his due.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Better safe than sorry.
You can't take it with you.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Beauty is only skin deep.
There's one born every minute.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
The wages of sin is death.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
One good deed deserves another.
Slow and steady wins the race.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
An man's home is his castle.
A watched pot never boils.
Talk is cheap.
Bad money drives out good.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Time will tell.
Enough is enough.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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