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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
All roads lead to Rome.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Money talks.
All's fair in love and war.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
All the world loves a lover.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Enough is enough.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Seek and you shall find.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
It's never too late to mend.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Faith will move mountains.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Don't get mad, get even.
Big fish eat little fish.
You can't take it with you.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
No man is an island.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
A house is not a home.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Many hands make light work.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
First come, first served.
Bad money drives out good.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Truth will out.
Oil and water don't mix.
Love is blind.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Small things amuse small minds.
Forewarned is forearmed.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
One hand washes the other.
Seize the day.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Virtue is its own reward.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Walls have ears.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Horses for courses.
Make love not war.
Waste not, want not.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
One good deed deserves another.
Business before pleasure.
Practice what you preach.
Cheats never prosper.
A good man is hard to find.
East, west, home's best.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Tomorrow never comes.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Still waters run deep.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Manners maketh the man.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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