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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Don't mix business with pleasure.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
It takes two to tango.
It goes without saying.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Bad news travels fast.
Learn to walk before you run.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Time will tell.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
No pain, no gain.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Don't rock the boat.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Love is blind.
Half a loaf is better than none.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
To every thing there is a season.
All you need is love.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Fight the good fight.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Every stick has two ends.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Everyone has their price.
The customer is always right.
It's the singer not the song.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
The bigger, the better.
He who hesitates is lost.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
A watched pot never boils.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Faith will move mountains.
First come, first served.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Revenge is sweet.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Ignorance is bliss.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
There's safety in numbers.
The leopard does not change his spots.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
There's a time and a place for everything.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
A golden key can open any door.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Live and learn.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Good talk saves the food.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Clothes do not make the man.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Bad money drives out good.
Small things amuse small minds.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Good things come to those who wait.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Nothing new under the sun.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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