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Random Proverbs (x 100)
There is no accounting for tastes.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
It's never too late to mend.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
The pen is mightier than sword.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
The best things in life are free.
Revenge is sweet.
A cat may look at a king.
A miss is as good as a mile.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
There's safety in numbers.
To the victor go the spoils.
Every dog has its day.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
A leopard can't change its spots.
The end justifies the means.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Persuasion is better than force.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Once a thief, always a thief.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Another day, another dollar.
Keep your chin up.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Talk is cheap.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
First things first.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Slow but sure.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Might is right.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Pride comes before a fall.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
A good man is hard to find.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Money makes the world go round.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
What goes around comes around.
Less is more.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Tomorrow is another day.
Don't get mad, get even.
Two heads are better than one.
Accidents will happen.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
If you can't be good, be careful.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Silence construes consent.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
The truth will out.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
If you build it, they will come.
You can't win them all.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Dead men tell no tales.
There is honour among thieves.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Manners maketh the man.
In the midst of life we are in death.
There are two sides to every question.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
There's no time like the present.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
A man is known by his friends.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Different strokes for different folks.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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