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The Devil makes work for idle hands.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A poor worker blames the tools.
A golden key can open any door.
Don't throw good money after bad.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Silence construes consent.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Every stick has two ends.
Learn to walk before you run.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
The exception which proves the rule.
Marriages are made in heaven.
Possession is nine points of the law.
There are two sides to every question.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Two heads are better than one.
One hand washes the other.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Let the buyer beware.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Money isn't everything.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Cold hands, warm heart.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Paddle your own canoe.
The truth will out.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Give credit where credit is due.
Don't get mad, get even.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Every picture tells a story.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Keep your chin up.
Misery loves company.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Pride comes before a fall.
It's better to give than to receive.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
If you build it, they will come.
The more the merrier.
Clothes do not make the man.
Another day, another dollar.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Fight fire with fire.
Time is a great healer.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Faith will move mountains.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Time is money.
To the victor go the spoils.
East is east, and west is west.
Time will tell.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Bad news travels fast.
Enough is enough.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
A cat may look at a king.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Let the dead bury the dead.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
A new broom sweeps clean.
No rest for the wicked.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Horses for courses.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Practice makes perfect.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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