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Wonders will never cease.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Don't rock the boat.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Never speak ill of the dead.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Each to their own.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Third time lucky.
Good talk saves the food.
Cheats never prosper.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
All roads lead to Rome.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Oil and water don't mix.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Like father, like son.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Money talks.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
No pain, no gain.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Don't change horses in midstream.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Different strokes for different folks.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
It's never too late to mend.
All publicity is good publicity.
Quid pro quo.
Marriages are made in heaven.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Every stick has two ends.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Make love not war.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
More haste, less speed.
Nothing new under the sun.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
It never rains but it pours.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Slow but sure.
The early bird gets the worm.
Walls have ears.
Time will tell.
Fortune favours the brave.
The best-laid plans go astray.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
The end justifies the means.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Put your best foot forward.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Never tell tales out of school.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Don't get mad, get even.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
It goes without saying.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Silence construes consent.
A miss is as good as a mile.
If the cap fits, wear it.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Paddle your own canoe.
The more the merrier.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
It takes one to know one.
Attack is the best form of defence.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Patience is a virtue.
Learn to walk before you run.
Time and tide wait for no one.
A fish always rots from the head.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
What goes up must come down.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
An army marches on its stomach.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Enough is enough.
The show must go on.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
The leopard does not change his spots.
You win some, you lose some.
Even a worm will turn.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
A man is known by his friends.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Fight the good fight.
Only fools and horses work.
Money isn't everything.
While there is life, there is hope.
East, west, home's best.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Any port in a storm.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Moderation in all things.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
There's no fool like an old fool.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
Practice what you preach.
All the world loves a lover.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
A stitch in time saves nine.
All that glitters is not gold.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
You can't win them all.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
The customer is always right.
Out of sight, out of mind.
If you build it, they will come.
No rest for the wicked.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
No man can serve two masters.
Everyone has their price.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Business before pleasure.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Clothes do not make the man.
Small things amuse small minds.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
You can't take it with you.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
Easy come, easy go.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Love makes the world go round.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
There's no smoke without fire.
One good deed deserves another.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Pearls of wisdom.
Dead men tell no tales.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Silence is golden.
Every picture tells a story.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Good things come to those who wait.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Life is what you make it.
The bigger, the better.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
The truth will out.
Pride comes before a fall.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Great minds think alike.
Virtue is its own reward.
Opposites attract.
Children should be seen and not heard.
It's the singer not the song.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Let bygones be bygones.
Haste makes waste.
Time is a great healer.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Strike while the iron is hot.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
No news is good news.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Truth will out.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
All's fair in love and war.
Less is more.
It's all grist to the mill.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Actions speak louder than words.
History repeats itself.
There is honour among thieves.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Forgive and forget.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Do as I say, not as I do.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Let the buyer beware.
No man is an island.
First come, first served.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Charity begins at home.
Christmas comes but once a year.
The age of miracles is past.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Keep your powder dry.
Give the Devil his due.
Knowledge is power.
He who hesitates is lost.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Seize the day.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Practice makes perfect.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
Better late than never.
Seek and you shall find.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Physician, heal thyself.
East is east, and west is west.
The exception which proves the rule.
Blood is thicker than water.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Share and share alike.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Another day, another dollar.
Big fish eat little fish.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Beware the Ides of March.
Live and let live.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Make haste slowly.
Crime doesn't pay.
Time flies.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Every dog has its day.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Less said, soon mended.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Only the good die young.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
There's safety in numbers.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Love is blind.
Let well alone.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Waste not, want not.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Good things come in small packages.
To every thing there is a season.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
For everything there is a season.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
There are two sides to every question.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Seeing is believing.
Misery loves company.
God helps those who help themselves.
First things first.
Fight fire with fire.
Home is where the heart is.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Variety is the spice of life.
There's no place like home.
The best things in life are free.
Faith will move mountains.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
The Devil is in the details.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Keep your chin up.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
A watched pot never boils.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Honesty is the best policy.
Forewarned is forearmed.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
A word to the wise is enough.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Tomorrow is another day.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Better safe than sorry.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Half a loaf is better than none.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
All's well that ends well.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
All things must pass.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Ignorance is bliss.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Horses for courses.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
There's an exception to every rule.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Money makes the world go round.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
One hand washes the other.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Might is right.
Still waters run deep.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
A person is known by the company they keep.
There's no time like the present.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Never go to bed on an argument.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
A cat may look at a king.
It's better to give than to receive.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
A dog is a man's best friend.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
One swallow does not a summer make.
All you need is love.
Get out while the getting is good.
All good things come to those that wait.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
A new broom sweeps clean.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Little pitchers have big ears.
All good things must come to an end.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
It takes two to tango.
Go the extra mile.
Bad news travels fast.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Always put your best foot forward.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Don't shoot the messenger.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Give credit where credit is due.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Time is money.
Count your blessings.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
You can have too much of a good thing.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Money is the root of all evil.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
A poor worker blames the tools.
To the victor go the spoils.
Accidents will happen.
Laughter is the best medicine.
A thing begun is half done.
A house is not a home.
Tomorrow never comes.
Life begins at forty.
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Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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