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You can't take it with you.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
To the victor go the spoils.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
The Devil looks after his own.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Don't rock the boat.
Make love not war.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
A fish always rots from the head.
Silence is golden.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
A bad penny always turns up.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
There's no smoke without fire.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
All roads lead to Rome.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
An man's home is his castle.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
No rest for the wicked.
If you build it, they will come.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Business before pleasure.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Variety is the spice of life.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Horses for courses.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
A new broom sweeps clean.
While there is life, there is hope.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Fight fire with fire.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Hope springs eternal.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
The more the merrier.
A good man is hard to find.
Let well alone.
Ignorance is bliss.
The age of miracles is past.
There's one born every minute.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
A man is known by his friends.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Knowledge is power.
Curiosity killed the cat.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Beauty is only skin deep.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Make haste slowly.
Always put your best foot forward.
God helps those who help themselves.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
You are what you eat.
There's no fool like an old fool.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Revenge is sweet.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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