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You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
A leopard can't change its spots.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Life is what you make it.
Give the Devil his due.
You can't always get what you want.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Get out while the getting is good.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
History repeats itself.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Third time lucky.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
There's no fool like an old fool.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
The more the merrier.
Honesty is the best policy.
All's fair in love and war.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Live and let live.
One good deed deserves another.
If the cap fits, wear it.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
It's never too late to mend.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Half a loaf is better than none.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
A poor worker blames the tools.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Practice what you preach.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
There's an exception to every rule.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Two heads are better than one.
Patience is a virtue.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Don't get mad, get even.
Less said, soon mended.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Walls have ears.
The wages of sin is death.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
One swallow does not a summer make.
One hand washes the other.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
A bad penny always turns up.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Great minds think alike.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Bad money drives out good.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Money isn't everything.
It's the singer not the song.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
While there is life, there is hope.
Practice makes perfect.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Quid pro quo.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Never speak ill of the dead.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Once a thief, always a thief.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Only fools and horses work.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
All good things come to those that wait.
Nothing succeeds like success.
You can't take it with you.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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