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Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Honesty is the best policy.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
The end justifies the means.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Every dog has its day.
Put your best foot forward.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Children and fools tell the truth.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Keep your powder dry.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
Marriages are made in heaven.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Give the Devil his due.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
First come, first served.
The exception which proves the rule.
A good man is hard to find.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
The show must go on.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Tomorrow is another day.
When one door shuts, another opens.
There's no smoke without fire.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
A leopard can't change its spots.
A man is known by his friends.
It takes one to know one.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Oil and water don't mix.
Life begins at forty.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Live and learn.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Pearls of wisdom.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Good talk saves the food.
Quid pro quo.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
All the world loves a lover.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
The age of miracles is past.
The best defence is a good offence.
Different strokes for different folks.
Possession is nine points of the law.
What goes around comes around.
Crime doesn't pay.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
The Devil is in the details.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Opposites attract.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
It ain't over, till it's over.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
History repeats itself.
An man's home is his castle.
He who hesitates is lost.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Faith will move mountains.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Money isn't everything.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Everyone has their price.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
East is east, and west is west.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Seize the day.
It never rains but it pours.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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