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Learn to walk before you run.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
More haste, less speed.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
All roads lead to Rome.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
You can't take it with you.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
All's fair in love and war.
Fight the good fight.
All you need is love.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
One good deed deserves another.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Seize the day.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
What goes around comes around.
Honesty is the best policy.
A leopard can't change its spots.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Enough is enough.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Even a worm will turn.
Never go to bed on an argument.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
God helps those who help themselves.
Go the extra mile.
The truth will out.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
The Devil is in the details.
It's best to be on the safe side.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
The customer is always right.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
All publicity is good publicity.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Time is a great healer.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Better safe than sorry.
There is honour among thieves.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
The show must go on.
Fight fire with fire.
Faith will move mountains.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Third time lucky.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
Needs must when the devil drives.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
The best things in life are free.
There's an exception to every rule.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Virtue is its own reward.
Bad money drives out good.
It's never too late to mend.
Only the good die young.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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