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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
Hide in plain sight.
Might is right.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Faith will move mountains.
There's no place like home.
The best is the enemy of the good.
An army marches on its stomach.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Pearls of wisdom.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Love is blind.
It's better to give than to receive.
Give credit where credit is due.
Oil and water don't mix.
All things must pass.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Life is what you make it.
A house is not a home.
You win some, you lose some.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
The Devil is in the details.
For everything there is a season.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Any port in a storm.
All's fair in love and war.
While there is life, there is hope.
A man is known by his friends.
Marriages are made in heaven.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Truth will out.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
There's one born every minute.
Speak as you find.
Let well alone.
Like father, like son.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
The exception which proves the rule.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
There is no accounting for tastes.
It takes two to tango.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Tomorrow never comes.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
All you need is love.
Let the buyer beware.
Never tell tales out of school.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Let bygones be bygones.
Revenge is sweet.
Make hay while the sun shines.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Variety is the spice of life.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
The early bird gets the worm.
Cheats never prosper.
Never go to bed on an argument.
There is honour among thieves.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Persuasion is better than force.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Put your best foot forward.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Fight fire with fire.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Give the Devil his due.
It goes without saying.
Silence is golden.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Even a worm will turn.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
To the victor go the spoils.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
The more the merrier.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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