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There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Let the dead bury the dead.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
East, west, home's best.
You can't win them all.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Even a worm will turn.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
It goes without saying.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
The age of miracles is past.
Practice makes perfect.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Fight fire with fire.
There's one born every minute.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Two heads are better than one.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Fight the good fight.
Third time lucky.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
You are never too old to learn.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
What goes around comes around.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Love makes the world go round.
Each to their own.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Love is blind.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Better late than never.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
Quid pro quo.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
The Devil looks after his own.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Never go to bed on an argument.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Money isn't everything.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
All that glitters is not gold.
No man can serve two masters.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
The Devil is in the details.
Count your blessings.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Let the buyer beware.
No news is good news.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Always put your best foot forward.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Never give a sucker an even break.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Practice what you preach.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Time flies.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Don't change horses in midstream.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Everyone has their price.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
It takes one to know one.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Small things amuse small minds.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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