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Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Tomorrow is another day.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
All roads lead to Rome.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Easy come, easy go.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
It takes one to know one.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Less said, soon mended.
Forgive and forget.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Virtue is its own reward.
You can't take it with you.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
The bigger, the better.
Every dog has its day.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Nine tailors make a man.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
A bad penny always turns up.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Good things come in small packages.
Great minds think alike.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
God helps those who help themselves.
Might is right.
It goes without saying.
The exception which proves the rule.
The early bird gets the worm.
Life is what you make it.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Haste makes waste.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Time will tell.
There's no place like home.
Each to their own.
No pain, no gain.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Once bitten, twice shy.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Fight fire with fire.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Better safe than sorry.
Give the Devil his due.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
You win some, you lose some.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Quid pro quo.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
It's never too late to mend.
Beggars can't be choosers.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Laughter is the best medicine.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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