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Pride comes before a fall.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Birds of a feather flock together.
A cat has nine lives.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Two heads are better than one.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
There's safety in numbers.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Half a loaf is better than none.
The leopard does not change his spots.
The age of miracles is past.
No man can serve two masters.
Bad money drives out good.
Haste makes waste.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Every dog has its day.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Make love not war.
Money talks.
Clothes do not make the man.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
For everything there is a season.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
There's no place like home.
All things must pass.
All good things must come to an end.
Even a worm will turn.
Time is a great healer.
Cold hands, warm heart.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Third time lucky.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Pearls of wisdom.
To every thing there is a season.
Possession is nine points of the law.
In the midst of life we are in death.
The Devil looks after his own.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
A dog is a man's best friend.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Let well alone.
No news is good news.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Fortune favours the brave.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
The show must go on.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Make haste slowly.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Opposites attract.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Beware the Ides of March.
Enough is enough.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
A leopard can't change its spots.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Charity begins at home.
Don't get mad, get even.
Cheats never prosper.
All roads lead to Rome.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
One hand washes the other.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Only fools and horses work.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
All that glitters is not gold.
A good man is hard to find.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Silence is golden.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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