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