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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Enough is enough.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
A thing begun is half done.
All's well that ends well.
Life begins at forty.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Silence construes consent.
Let well alone.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Get out while the getting is good.
Business before pleasure.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Walls have ears.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Faith will move mountains.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Don't rock the boat.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Make love not war.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Honesty is the best policy.
Tomorrow never comes.
Each to their own.
All that glitters is not gold.
Any port in a storm.
What goes around comes around.
Fight the good fight.
The bigger, the better.
Enough is as good as a feast.
To the victor go the spoils.
Might is right.
Love will find a way.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Oil and water don't mix.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Pride comes before a fall.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Let the dead bury the dead.
The best is the enemy of the good.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Half a loaf is better than none.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
There are two sides to every question.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
No news is good news.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
There's no smoke without fire.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
All publicity is good publicity.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
The best defence is a good offence.
Speak as you find.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
Small things amuse small minds.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
A leopard can't change its spots.
A cat may look at a king.
Time flies.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Practice makes perfect.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Blood is thicker than water.
Beauty is only skin deep.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
You can't win them all.
All you need is love.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
The best-laid plans go astray.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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