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You can't take it with you.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Handsome is as handsome does.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
You can't win them all.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Oil and water don't mix.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Nine tailors make a man.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Moderation in all things.
Dead men tell no tales.
Put your best foot forward.
Even a worm will turn.
Let bygones be bygones.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Beauty is only skin deep.
A watched pot never boils.
You are what you eat.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Accidents will happen.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Love will find a way.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
A dog is a man's best friend.
It goes without saying.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Practice what you preach.
Give the Devil his due.
The more the merrier.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
To the victor go the spoils.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Practice makes perfect.
Keep your powder dry.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
The early bird gets the worm.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Time is money.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
You can't always get what you want.
No rest for the wicked.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Out of sight, out of mind.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Laughter is the best medicine.
A leopard can't change its spots.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Once bitten, twice shy.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Only fools and horses work.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
No man can serve two masters.
God helps those who help themselves.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Different strokes for different folks.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Blood is thicker than water.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Each to their own.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
What goes up must come down.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Love makes the world go round.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
All good things must come to an end.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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