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Nine tailors make a man.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Appearances can be deceptive.
The best is the enemy of the good.
No pain, no gain.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Horses for courses.
Better safe than sorry.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Moderation in all things.
You reap what you sow.
There's no smoke without fire.
Slow but sure.
Home is where the heart is.
Live and learn.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Children should be seen and not heard.
An army marches on its stomach.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
Practice what you preach.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
The best things in life are free.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
What goes around comes around.
You are what you eat.
East is east, and west is west.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
You can't take it with you.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
You can't make bricks without straw.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Bad money drives out good.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Only fools and horses work.
It takes one to know one.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Let the buyer beware.
The end justifies the means.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
It takes two to tango.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Always put your best foot forward.
Money talks.
Oil and water don't mix.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
The more the merrier.
All publicity is good publicity.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
It ain't over, till it's over.
There is honour among thieves.
There are two sides to every question.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Time flies.
First impressions are the most lasting.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Make haste slowly.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
You win some, you lose some.
Less is more.
Love is blind.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Fortune favours the brave.
Enough is enough.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Don't shoot the messenger.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
The best-laid plans go astray.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Haste makes waste.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
The exception which proves the rule.
Money isn't everything.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
A watched pot never boils.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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