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Walls have ears.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
God helps those who help themselves.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
Clothes do not make the man.
Big fish eat little fish.
The best things in life are free.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
The exception which proves the rule.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Less said, soon mended.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Practice makes perfect.
The show must go on.
All roads lead to Rome.
Life begins at forty.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Let the dead bury the dead.
A cat may look at a king.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Money talks.
Business before pleasure.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
One hand washes the other.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Better safe than sorry.
It takes two to tango.
Half a loaf is better than none.
It's the singer not the song.
Put your best foot forward.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
Give credit where credit is due.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
History repeats itself.
Birds of a feather flock together.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Never tell tales out of school.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Christmas comes but once a year.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Truth will out.
There's a time and a place for everything.
There is honour among thieves.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Bad money drives out good.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Give the Devil his due.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Pearls of wisdom.
You can't win them all.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
The age of miracles is past.
Tomorrow is another day.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Knowledge is power.
For everything there is a season.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Each to their own.
Nothing succeeds like success.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
What can't be cured must be endured.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Haste makes waste.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
To every thing there is a season.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
One good deed deserves another.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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