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Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
There's safety in numbers.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Learn to walk before you run.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Seek and you shall find.
Nine tailors make a man.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Seeing is believing.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The best is the enemy of the good.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Different strokes for different folks.
Crime doesn't pay.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
A person is known by the company they keep.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Money makes the world go round.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
The exception which proves the rule.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Talk is cheap.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
The show must go on.
Clothes do not make the man.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Live and learn.
The best-laid plans go astray.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
A man is known by his friends.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
The age of miracles is past.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Money isn't everything.
There is honour among thieves.
Don't get mad, get even.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Seize the day.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
No pain, no gain.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Make haste slowly.
Any port in a storm.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
There's one born every minute.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
All's fair in love and war.
It's never too late to mend.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Persuasion is better than force.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
To the victor go the spoils.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Let bygones be bygones.
Let the dead bury the dead.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Good things come to those who wait.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Practice what you preach.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Birds of a feather flock together.
The customer is always right.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Time flies.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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