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Less said, soon mended.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
You can't take it with you.
Accidents will happen.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
A leopard can't change its spots.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Wonders will never cease.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Charity begins at home.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
There is honour among thieves.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Good fences make good neighbours.
While there is life, there is hope.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
An army marches on its stomach.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Love is blind.
Easy come, easy go.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
The exception which proves the rule.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Honesty is the best policy.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
There's safety in numbers.
The truth will out.
The Devil looks after his own.
Paddle your own canoe.
Less is more.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Beggars can't be choosers.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Love makes the world go round.
A man is known by his friends.
Enough is enough.
Small things amuse small minds.
All publicity is good publicity.
What can't be cured must be endured.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Make haste slowly.
Cheats never prosper.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Many hands make light work.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Learn to walk before you run.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Physician, heal thyself.
It goes without saying.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
There's no place like home.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Appearances can be deceptive.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Horses for courses.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Big fish eat little fish.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Live and let live.
One good deed deserves another.
You can't make bricks without straw.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
East, west, home's best.
Haste makes waste.
There's an exception to every rule.
Time is a great healer.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Actions speak louder than words.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Another day, another dollar.
All good things must come to an end.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Pearls of wisdom.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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