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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Better safe than sorry.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Nothing new under the sun.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Horses for courses.
Birds of a feather flock together.
There's an exception to every rule.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
You win some, you lose some.
Practice makes perfect.
If you can't be good, be careful.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Ignorance is bliss.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
There's no place like home.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
A good man is hard to find.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
The early bird gets the worm.
Fortune favours the brave.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Beware the Ides of March.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Every picture tells a story.
Life is what you make it.
Two heads are better than one.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
A bad penny always turns up.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Learn to walk before you run.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
It's the singer not the song.
Seeing is believing.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Honesty is the best policy.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Look before you leap.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Make love not war.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Money talks.
All's fair in love and war.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Love makes the world go round.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Make haste slowly.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Slow and steady wins the race.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
What goes around comes around.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Variety is the spice of life.
Revenge is sweet.
Let the dead bury the dead.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Live and learn.
No news is good news.
A picture paints a thousand words.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Easy come, easy go.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Wonders will never cease.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Don't get mad, get even.
A watched pot never boils.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
A thing begun is half done.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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