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March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Walls have ears.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
A thing begun is half done.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
To the victor go the spoils.
Better safe than sorry.
An man's home is his castle.
A house is not a home.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Opposites attract.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Oil and water don't mix.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
Knowledge is power.
All the world loves a lover.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
No news is good news.
Make love not war.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Two heads are better than one.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Big fish eat little fish.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
The age of miracles is past.
Great minds think alike.
You reap what you sow.
Seeing is believing.
No rest for the wicked.
You win some, you lose some.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Bad news travels fast.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Strike while the iron is hot.
There's an exception to every rule.
A watched pot never boils.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
The bigger, the better.
Tomorrow is another day.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Half a loaf is better than none.
You are never too old to learn.
Every stick has two ends.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Time is money.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Horses for courses.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Less is more.
The pen is mightier than sword.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Money makes the world go round.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Hide in plain sight.
Blood is thicker than water.
Every dog has its day.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Children should be seen and not heard.
What goes up must come down.
Never tell tales out of school.
Make haste slowly.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Keep your powder dry.
You can't win them all.
It takes two to tango.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Share and share alike.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Laughter is the best medicine.
A cat has nine lives.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Even a worm will turn.
Charity begins at home.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Every picture tells a story.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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