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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
You are never too old to learn.
Put your best foot forward.
It's best to be on the safe side.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Love will find a way.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
A thing begun is half done.
Grief divided is made lighter.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Fight the good fight.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
You can't take it with you.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
All good things come to those that wait.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Bad news travels fast.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Actions speak louder than words.
Variety is the spice of life.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
The end justifies the means.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Love makes the world go round.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
There's no smoke without fire.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Fight fire with fire.
Talk is cheap.
Life begins at forty.
What goes around comes around.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Everyone has their price.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
It goes without saying.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Don't shoot the messenger.
There's no place like home.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Another day, another dollar.
Virtue is its own reward.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Make love not war.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
You can have too much of a good thing.
It ain't over, till it's over.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
Third time lucky.
Two heads are better than one.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Love is blind.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Enough is enough.
Laughter is the best medicine.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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