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You reap what you sow.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
The wages of sin is death.
The bigger, the better.
Man does not live by bread alone.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Ignorance is bliss.
Good fences make good neighbours.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Oil and water don't mix.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
More haste, less speed.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Put your best foot forward.
When one door shuts, another opens.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Hide in plain sight.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Like father, like son.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Great minds think alike.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
The more the merrier.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Faith will move mountains.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
Pride comes before a fall.
All things must pass.
You are what you eat.
A good man is hard to find.
While there is life, there is hope.
A poor worker blames the tools.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Tomorrow is another day.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
No man can serve two masters.
Birds of a feather flock together.
The exception which proves the rule.
No rest for the wicked.
Forewarned is forearmed.
One swallow does not a summer make.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
The end justifies the means.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
There's a time and a place for everything.
There's one born every minute.
First come, first served.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
A stitch in time saves nine.
You can't take it with you.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
A house is not a home.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Keep your powder dry.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Everyone has their price.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
A leopard can't change its spots.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Good things come to those who wait.
A word to the wise is enough.
Money talks.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
It's better to give than to receive.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Beware the Ides of March.
Cold hands, warm heart.
You are never too old to learn.
The Devil looks after his own.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Time is money.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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