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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Live and learn.
Curiosity killed the cat.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Two heads are better than one.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Tomorrow never comes.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Ignorance is bliss.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Good talk saves the food.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Attack is the best form of defence.
A house is not a home.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
To the victor go the spoils.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
The bigger, the better.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Out of sight, out of mind.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
A new broom sweeps clean.
It's all grist to the mill.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
You can't make bricks without straw.
No man is an island.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
All that glitters is not gold.
The truth will out.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
The show must go on.
Easy come, easy go.
Every dog has its day.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Practice makes perfect.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
A thing begun is half done.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Honesty is the best policy.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Opposites attract.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Don't get mad, get even.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Life begins at forty.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Bad money drives out good.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
The best things in life are free.
For everything there is a season.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Every picture tells a story.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Give the Devil his due.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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