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Random Proverbs (x 100)
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
Different strokes for different folks.
Don't rock the boat.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Great minds think alike.
One hand washes the other.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Give credit where credit is due.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
All you need is love.
Tomorrow never comes.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Wonders will never cease.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Dead men tell no tales.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Ignorance is bliss.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
A house is not a home.
No pain, no gain.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Let bygones be bygones.
Every stick has two ends.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Once a thief, always a thief.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Live and learn.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Clothes do not make the man.
The customer is always right.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
First things first.
It never rains but it pours.
Good things come to those who wait.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Better late than never.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Third time lucky.
Seek and you shall find.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
East, west, home's best.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
The best is the enemy of the good.
It takes one to know one.
Fortune favours the brave.
Strike while the iron is hot.
First come, first served.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
A man is known by his friends.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Oil and water don't mix.
You reap what you sow.
A word to the wise is enough.
Give the Devil his due.
What goes up must come down.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
The best defence is a good offence.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Time is a great healer.
Silence is golden.
Truth will out.
To every thing there is a season.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Every picture tells a story.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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