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Random Proverbs (x 100)
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Grief divided is made lighter.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Haste makes waste.
All good things come to those that wait.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
It takes one to know one.
You can't take it with you.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Good things come to those who wait.
Bad money drives out good.
Even a worm will turn.
If you build it, they will come.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Good talk saves the food.
It goes without saying.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Beggars can't be choosers.
First things first.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Horses for courses.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Let the buyer beware.
Half a loaf is better than none.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Good things come in small packages.
All good things must come to an end.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
Let well alone.
The pen is mightier than sword.
A cat has nine lives.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
A fish always rots from the head.
Physician, heal thyself.
It's best to be on the safe side.
The bigger, the better.
Let bygones be bygones.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
No news is good news.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
There's one born every minute.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Another day, another dollar.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
A golden key can open any door.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
To the victor go the spoils.
You win some, you lose some.
Tomorrow never comes.
Moderation in all things.
The exception which proves the rule.
One hand washes the other.
The wages of sin is death.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Don't get mad, get even.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Time is a great healer.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
The show must go on.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
East is east, and west is west.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
History repeats itself.
All roads lead to Rome.
Revenge is sweet.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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