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Easy come, easy go.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
You can't win them all.
The age of miracles is past.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Faith will move mountains.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Good things come in small packages.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Life begins at forty.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
When one door shuts, another opens.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
One hand washes the other.
Honesty is the best policy.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
First come, first served.
Horses for courses.
Truth will out.
There is honour among thieves.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
It's the singer not the song.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
For everything there is a season.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
The exception which proves the rule.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Virtue is its own reward.
Good things come to those who wait.
Make haste slowly.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
The wages of sin is death.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Pearls of wisdom.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
The best is the enemy of the good.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
All publicity is good publicity.
An man's home is his castle.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Charity begins at home.
Let well alone.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Manners maketh the man.
You are what you eat.
All's well that ends well.
He who hesitates is lost.
There's safety in numbers.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Ignorance is bliss.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Handsome is as handsome does.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
There's one born every minute.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Cheats never prosper.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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