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Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Seize the day.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Oil and water don't mix.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Never speak ill of the dead.
There is no accounting for tastes.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Don't rock the boat.
Physician, heal thyself.
Stupid is as stupid does.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
A stitch in time saves nine.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Live and let live.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
A thing begun is half done.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Bad news travels fast.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
While there is life, there is hope.
Bad money drives out good.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Money is the root of all evil.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
A golden key can open any door.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Horses for courses.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Only fools and horses work.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
It ain't over, till it's over.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
A word to the wise is enough.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
East is east, and west is west.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Different strokes for different folks.
Do as I say, not as I do.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Make hay while the sun shines.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Don't get mad, get even.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Life is what you make it.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Forgive and forget.
An man's home is his castle.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Business before pleasure.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
An army marches on its stomach.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Don't throw good money after bad.
There's no place like home.
All good things must come to an end.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Seeing is believing.
Never give a sucker an even break.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Dead men tell no tales.
Practice what you preach.
Don't change horses in midstream.
One good deed deserves another.
First come, first served.
A house is not a home.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
It's better to give than to receive.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
For everything there is a season.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Two heads are better than one.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Knowledge is power.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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