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