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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
What goes up must come down.
Talk is cheap.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
There's no time like the present.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
A leopard can't change its spots.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
You reap what you sow.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
There's no smoke without fire.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
The show must go on.
Nothing new under the sun.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Bad money drives out good.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Count your blessings.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Still waters run deep.
Strike while the iron is hot.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
It's the singer not the song.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
It takes one to know one.
Dead men tell no tales.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
A person is known by the company they keep.
While there is life, there is hope.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Moderation in all things.
What can't be cured must be endured.
You can't always get what you want.
Great minds think alike.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Two heads are better than one.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Money isn't everything.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Make love not war.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Speak as you find.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Time flies.
The Devil is in the details.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
All good things must come to an end.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Opposites attract.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
A house is not a home.
A miss is as good as a mile.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Money makes the world go round.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Wonders will never cease.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Each to their own.
One good deed deserves another.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Life is what you make it.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Good things come to those who wait.
Practice what you preach.
All the world loves a lover.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Don't shoot the messenger.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Love makes the world go round.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
Another day, another dollar.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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