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