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