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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Give credit where credit is due.
Money isn't everything.
The truth will out.
Half a loaf is better than none.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Any port in a storm.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
The age of miracles is past.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Marriages are made in heaven.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Only fools and horses work.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
You can't win them all.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Put your best foot forward.
Good things come to those who wait.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Quid pro quo.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Third time lucky.
Like father, like son.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Attack is the best form of defence.
All that glitters is not gold.
A bad penny always turns up.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Little pitchers have big ears.
You reap what you sow.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Never speak ill of the dead.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
A fish always rots from the head.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
A person is known by the company they keep.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Tomorrow never comes.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
First things first.
Accidents will happen.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
There's one born every minute.
For everything there is a season.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Misery loves company.
First come, first served.
Two heads are better than one.
Many hands make light work.
Patience is a virtue.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Live and let live.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Life is what you make it.
Learn to walk before you run.
Time flies.
East is east, and west is west.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Charity begins at home.
It's best to be on the safe side.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
A miss is as good as a mile.
What goes around comes around.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
Laughter is the best medicine.
It takes one to know one.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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