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Random Proverbs (x 100)
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
One good deed deserves another.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Persuasion is better than force.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Patience is a virtue.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
The wages of sin is death.
Let bygones be bygones.
Knowledge is power.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Money is the root of all evil.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Walls have ears.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Moderation in all things.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
You can't take it with you.
Make haste slowly.
All's fair in love and war.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Waste not, want not.
Good things come to those who wait.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Two heads are better than one.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
A watched pot never boils.
You can't win them all.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Only fools and horses work.
More haste, less speed.
Appearances can be deceptive.
A cat has nine lives.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
Love will find a way.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Tomorrow is another day.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Love makes the world go round.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Clothes do not make the man.
First things first.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Easy come, easy go.
Any port in a storm.
Another day, another dollar.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
A fish always rots from the head.
Give the Devil his due.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Laughter is the best medicine.
For everything there is a season.
Hope springs eternal.
Let the buyer beware.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
It goes without saying.
First come, first served.
Less said, soon mended.
There's an exception to every rule.
Practice makes perfect.
Silence construes consent.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Love is blind.
Good fences make good neighbours.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Keep your powder dry.
Revenge is sweet.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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