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