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Random Proverbs (x 100)
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Opposites attract.
Time is money.
Money isn't everything.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Learn to walk before you run.
Moderation in all things.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Nine tailors make a man.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Pearls of wisdom.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Marriages are made in heaven.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
No rest for the wicked.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Christmas comes but once a year.
The exception which proves the rule.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Variety is the spice of life.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
All good things come to those that wait.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Easy come, easy go.
Honesty is the best policy.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
It ain't over, till it's over.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Look before you leap.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Every stick has two ends.
Every dog has its day.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
What goes up must come down.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
There's no place like home.
You can't always get what you want.
Bad news travels fast.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
A thing begun is half done.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Haste makes waste.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
One swallow does not a summer make.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Wonders will never cease.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Hide in plain sight.
A cat may look at a king.
The best defence is a good offence.
Let the buyer beware.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
The more the merrier.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
A fish always rots from the head.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Revenge is sweet.
Make love not war.
Better late than never.
All things must pass.
A stitch in time saves nine.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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