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Little pitchers have big ears.
There's no smoke without fire.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
East, west, home's best.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Easy come, easy go.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
There are two sides to every question.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
The Devil is in the details.
Good things come to those who wait.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
A thing begun is half done.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Moderation in all things.
Knowledge is power.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
All good things must come to an end.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Time is money.
Manners maketh the man.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Bad money drives out good.
Any port in a storm.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Give the Devil his due.
There's a time and a place for everything.
A miss is as good as a mile.
It's the singer not the song.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Time will tell.
Youth is wasted on the young.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Talk is cheap.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
There's no time like the present.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Always put your best foot forward.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Let bygones be bygones.
Out of sight, out of mind.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
It's never too late to mend.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Hide in plain sight.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Still waters run deep.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
First come, first served.
A picture paints a thousand words.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Good talk saves the food.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Don't rock the boat.
Only fools and horses work.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Less is more.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
There is no accounting for tastes.
No rest for the wicked.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Small things amuse small minds.
A cat has nine lives.
A poor worker blames the tools.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Another day, another dollar.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Pride comes before a fall.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Slow and steady wins the race.
There's safety in numbers.
Make haste slowly.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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