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Faith will move mountains.
Forgive and forget.
Horses for courses.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
He who hesitates is lost.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
For everything there is a season.
A watched pot never boils.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Money is the root of all evil.
Different strokes for different folks.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
Tomorrow is another day.
There is no accounting for tastes.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Third time lucky.
A new broom sweeps clean.
All's fair in love and war.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
The age of miracles is past.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Beware the Ides of March.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
If you build it, they will come.
All good things must come to an end.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Appearances can be deceptive.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Never speak ill of the dead.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
No rest for the wicked.
East, west, home's best.
An man's home is his castle.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Physician, heal thyself.
Crime doesn't pay.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
A bad penny always turns up.
The show must go on.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Talk is cheap.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
There is honour among thieves.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Strike while the iron is hot.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Life begins at forty.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Love makes the world go round.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
It's all grist to the mill.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
While there is life, there is hope.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
The Devil looks after his own.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
The leopard does not change his spots.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
A picture paints a thousand words.
One good deed deserves another.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
You can have too much of a good thing.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Might is right.
Give credit where credit is due.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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