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Home is where the heart is.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Good things come in small packages.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
You are what you eat.
Marriages are made in heaven.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Talk is cheap.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
A golden key can open any door.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Honesty is the best policy.
Physician, heal thyself.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
One hand washes the other.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
There's no time like the present.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Time flies.
Beggars can't be choosers.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
Hope springs eternal.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
An army marches on its stomach.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Life begins at forty.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
You can't always get what you want.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Dead men tell no tales.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Every picture tells a story.
Revenge is sweet.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Don't rock the boat.
Little pitchers have big ears.
You can't take it with you.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
The wages of sin is death.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
Fight fire with fire.
Curiosity killed the cat.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
You reap what you sow.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Only fools and horses work.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Nothing new under the sun.
Keep your chin up.
Easy come, easy go.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Two heads are better than one.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
It's the singer not the song.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Children should be seen and not heard.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Nothing succeeds like success.
The age of miracles is past.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Virtue is its own reward.
Make hay while the sun shines.
For everything there is a season.
Variety is the spice of life.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Live and learn.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Clothes do not make the man.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Time will tell.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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