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East, west, home's best.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Love will find a way.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Time flies.
There's no fool like an old fool.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Let the buyer beware.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Seek and you shall find.
The Devil is in the details.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Youth is wasted on the young.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Better late than never.
Easy come, easy go.
You can't make bricks without straw.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Look before you leap.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Every dog has its day.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Share and share alike.
A house is not a home.
No rest for the wicked.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
There's a time and a place for everything.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
The end justifies the means.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Strike while the iron is hot.
If the cap fits, wear it.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Enough is as good as a feast.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Keep your chin up.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Bad money drives out good.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
First things first.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Get out while the getting is good.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Virtue is its own reward.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
If you build it, they will come.
The more the merrier.
Handsome is as handsome does.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Money is the root of all evil.
A word to the wise is enough.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
A good man is hard to find.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
It takes two to tango.
If you can't be good, be careful.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Time is money.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Charity begins at home.
No man can serve two masters.
Put your best foot forward.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
A bad penny always turns up.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Good fences make good neighbours.
You are never too old to learn.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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