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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
A picture paints a thousand words.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Enough is enough.
No rest for the wicked.
No news is good news.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Do as I say, not as I do.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Give the Devil his due.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
An army marches on its stomach.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Many hands make light work.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Love is blind.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
The age of miracles is past.
No man can serve two masters.
Dead men tell no tales.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Variety is the spice of life.
Look before you leap.
Blood is thicker than water.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Oil and water don't mix.
Make love not war.
Good talk saves the food.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Cheats never prosper.
Actions speak louder than words.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Truth will out.
The Devil looks after his own.
A person is known by the company they keep.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
All good things must come to an end.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Pride comes before a fall.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Pearls of wisdom.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
No pain, no gain.
Seeing is believing.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Speak as you find.
Accidents will happen.
Learn to walk before you run.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Every picture tells a story.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Tomorrow is another day.
Time is money.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Seek and you shall find.
Better late than never.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
The more the merrier.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Fortune favours the brave.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Physician, heal thyself.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Less said, soon mended.
Big fish eat little fish.
Money talks.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
A cat may look at a king.
East, west, home's best.
If the cap fits, wear it.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Go the extra mile.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
It never rains but it pours.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
In the midst of life we are in death.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
He who hesitates is lost.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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