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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Only the good die young.
Might is right.
One hand washes the other.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
God helps those who help themselves.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Home is where the heart is.
You win some, you lose some.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
It takes two to tango.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Easy come, easy go.
It's the singer not the song.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Once bitten, twice shy.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
If you can't be good, be careful.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Enough is enough.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
There's one born every minute.
Seek and you shall find.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Forewarned is forearmed.
You can't win them all.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Only fools and horses work.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Money makes the world go round.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
All the world loves a lover.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Business before pleasure.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Life is what you make it.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Fight the good fight.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
What goes around comes around.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
There's no fool like an old fool.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
No man can serve two masters.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Talk is cheap.
To every thing there is a season.
All good things come to those that wait.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
Knowledge is power.
Accidents will happen.
Pride comes before a fall.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
All roads lead to Rome.
The truth will out.
It goes without saying.
Half a loaf is better than none.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Small things amuse small minds.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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