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A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
The age of miracles is past.
It's all grist to the mill.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Accidents will happen.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
There's no smoke without fire.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
Seize the day.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Patience is a virtue.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Better safe than sorry.
Once a thief, always a thief.
All publicity is good publicity.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Go the extra mile.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
If you can't be good, be careful.
What goes around comes around.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Don't rock the boat.
Hide in plain sight.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
A picture paints a thousand words.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
To every thing there is a season.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
A leopard can't change its spots.
Put your best foot forward.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Every dog has its day.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Never go to bed on an argument.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
Time flies.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
First things first.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
There's an exception to every rule.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
While there is life, there is hope.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
No man is an island.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Learn to walk before you run.
Practice makes perfect.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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