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Seeing is believing.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
The early bird gets the worm.
Big fish eat little fish.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
First come, first served.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Charity begins at home.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
A house is not a home.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
To the victor go the spoils.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
One good deed deserves another.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Curiosity killed the cat.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
It never rains but it pours.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Shrouds have no pockets.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
The bigger, the better.
There's an exception to every rule.
Waste not, want not.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
There are two sides to every question.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
The Devil is in the details.
Love is blind.
All you need is love.
A miss is as good as a mile.
What goes around comes around.
A bad penny always turns up.
Live and let live.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
There is honour among thieves.
Time is a great healer.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Even a worm will turn.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Time flies.
Walls have ears.
Good things come in small packages.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Put your best foot forward.
All roads lead to Rome.
There's a time and a place for everything.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
A watched pot never boils.
All's well that ends well.
It takes two to tango.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Two heads are better than one.
Share and share alike.
To every thing there is a season.
You can't take it with you.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Fortune favours the brave.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
You can't always get what you want.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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