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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Slow but sure.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Do as I say, not as I do.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Less is more.
God helps those who help themselves.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
You are never too old to learn.
The early bird gets the worm.
A cat has nine lives.
A fish always rots from the head.
There's no fool like an old fool.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Different strokes for different folks.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Keep your chin up.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Speak as you find.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Honesty is the best policy.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Money makes the world go round.
An man's home is his castle.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
The truth will out.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Revenge is sweet.
Give credit where credit is due.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
There is honour among thieves.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Possession is nine points of the law.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Seeing is believing.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Only the good die young.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
What goes around comes around.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
What goes up must come down.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Fight the good fight.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
It's all grist to the mill.
Walls have ears.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
The customer is always right.
No pain, no gain.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
One good deed deserves another.
Big fish eat little fish.
Silence construes consent.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Accidents will happen.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
Grief divided is made lighter.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Time flies.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Tomorrow never comes.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
You are what you eat.
It goes without saying.
No news is good news.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
It's better to give than to receive.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
A man is known by his friends.
A thing begun is half done.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Dead men tell no tales.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Money is the root of all evil.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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