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Random Proverbs (x 100)
A picture paints a thousand words.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
All's fair in love and war.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
The best defence is a good offence.
Misery loves company.
Actions speak louder than words.
Time is a great healer.
All the world loves a lover.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Good talk saves the food.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
If the cap fits, wear it.
The bigger, the better.
Money is the root of all evil.
There's no place like home.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
The wages of sin is death.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Don't rock the boat.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
You can't always get what you want.
An army marches on its stomach.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Home is where the heart is.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Every picture tells a story.
No man is an island.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Accidents will happen.
Christmas comes but once a year.
The Devil is in the details.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Charity begins at home.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Money makes the world go round.
You can't win them all.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Tomorrow never comes.
The truth will out.
Good things come in small packages.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Knowledge is power.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
A watched pot never boils.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Revenge is sweet.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Any port in a storm.
All roads lead to Rome.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
All good things must come to an end.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Bad money drives out good.
All good things come to those that wait.
What can't be cured must be endured.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
History repeats itself.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Strike while the iron is hot.
One good deed deserves another.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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