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A cat may look at a king

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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link

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A change is as good as a rest

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A dog is a man’s best friend

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A drowning man will clutch at a straw

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A fish always rots from the head down

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A fool and his money are soon parted

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A friend in need is a friend indeed

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A golden key can open any door

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A good beginning makes a good ending

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A good man is hard to find

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A house divided against itself cannot stand

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A house is not a home

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

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A leopard cannot change its spots

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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing

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A little learning is a dangerous thing

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A little of what you fancy does you good

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A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client

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A miss is as good as a mile

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A new broom sweeps clean

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A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse

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A penny saved is a penny earned

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A person is known by the company he keeps

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# . A picture paints a thousand words

# . A place for everything and everything in its place

# . A poor workman always blames his tools

# . A problem shared is a problem halved

# . A prophet is not recognized in his own land

# . A rising tide lifts all boats

# . A rolling stone gathers no moss

# . A soft answer turneth away wrath

# . A stitch in time saves nine

# . A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly

# . A thing of beauty is a joy forever

# . A trouble shared is a trouble halved

# . A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men

# . A watched pot never boils

# . A woman's place is in the home

# . A woman's work is never done

# . A word to the wise is enough

# . Absence makes the heart grow fonder

# . Absolute power corrupts absolutely

# . Accidents will happen (in the best-regulated families).

# . Actions speak louder than words

# . Adversity makes strange bedfellows

# . After a storm comes a calm

# . All good things come to he who waits

# . All good things must come to an end

# . All is grist that comes to the mill

# . All publicity is good publicity

# . All roads lead to Rome

# . All that glisters is not gold

# . All that glitters is not gold

# . All the world loves a lover

# . All things come to those who wait

# . All things must pass

# . All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

# . All you need is love

# . All's fair in love and war

# . All's for the best in the best of all possible worlds

# . All's well that ends well

# . A miss is as good as a mile

# . An apple a day keeps the doctor away

# . An army marches on its stomach

# . An Englishman's home is his castle

# . An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

# . Another day, another dollar

# . Any port in a storm

# . April showers bring forth May flowers

# . As thick as thieves

# . As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it

# . As you sow so shall you reap

# . Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer

# . Ask no questions and hear no lies

# . Attack is the best form of defence

# . Bad money drives out good

# . Bad news travels fast

# . Barking dogs seldom bite

# . Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

# . Beauty is only skin deep

# . Beggars should not be choosers

# . Behind every great man there's a great woman

# . Better late than never

# . Better safe than sorry

# . Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't

# . Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all

# . Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness

# . Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt

# . Beware of Greeks bearing gifts

# . Beware the Ides of March

# . Big fish eat little fish

# . Birds of a feather flock together

# . Blood is thicker than water

# . Boys will be boys

# . Brevity is the soul of wit

# . Business before pleasure

# . Caesar's wife must be above suspicion

# . Carpe diem (Pluck the day; Seize the day)

# . Charity begins at home

# . Cheats never prosper

# . Children should be seen and not heard

# . Cleanliness is next to godliness

# . Clothes make the man

# . Cold hands, warm heart

# . Comparisons are odious

# . Count your blessings

# . Cowards may die many times before their death

# . Crime doesn't pay

# . Cut your coat to suit your cloth

# . Dead men tell no tales

# . Devil take the hindmost

# . Discretion is the better part of valour

# . Distance lends enchantment to the view

# . Do as I say, not as I do

# . Do as you would be done by

# . Do unto others as you would have them do to you

# . Don't bite the hand that feeds you

# . Don't burn your bridges behind you

# . Don't cast your pearls before swine

# . Don't change horses in midstream

# . Don't count your chickens before they are hatched

# . Don't cross the bridge till you come to it

# . Don't cut off your nose to spite your face

# . Don't keep a dog and bark yourself

# . Don't let the bastards grind you down

# . Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

# . Don't meet troubles half-way

# . Don't put all your eggs in one basket

# . Don't put the cart before the horse

# . Don't put new wine into old bottles

# . Don't rock the boat

# . Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar

# . Don't throw pearls to swine

# . Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs

# . Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater

# . Don't try to walk before you can crawl

# . Don't upset the apple-cart

# . Don't wash your dirty linen in public

# . Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom

# . Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

# . East is east, and west is west

# . East, west, home's best

# . Easy come, easy go

# . Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die

# . Empty vessels make the most noise

# . Enough is as good as a feast

# . Enough is enough

# . Even a worm will turn

# . Every cloud has a silver lining

# . Every dog has its day

# . Every Jack has his Jill

# . Every little helps

# . Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost

# . Every man has his price

# . Every picture tells a story

# . Every stick has two ends

# . Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die

# . Everything comes to him who waits

# . Failing to plan is planning to fail

# . Faint heart never won fair lady

# . Fair exchange is no robbery

# . Faith will move mountains

# . Familiarity breeds contempt

# . Feed a cold and starve a fever

# . Fight fire with fire

# . Finders keepers, losers weepers

# . Fine words butter no parsnips

# . First come, first served

# . First impressions are the most lasting

# . First things first

# . Fish always stink from the head down

# . Fish and guests smell after three days

# . Flattery will get you nowhere

# . Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

# . For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost

# . Forewarned is forearmed

# . Forgive and forget

# . Fortune favours the brave

# . From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step

# . Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains

# . Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration

# . Give a dog a bad name and hang him

# . Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day...

# . Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself

# . Give credit where credit is due

# . God helps those who help themselves

# . Good fences make good neighbours

# . Good talk saves the food

# . Good things come to those who wait

# . Great minds think alike

# . Half a loaf is better than no bread

# . Handsome is as handsome does

# . Hard cases make bad law

# . Hard work never did anyone any harm

# . Haste makes waste

# . He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing

# . He who can does, he who cannot, teaches

# . He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day

# . He who hesitates is lost

# . He who laughs last laughs longest

# . He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword

# . He who pays the piper calls the tune

# . He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon

# . Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

# . Hindsight is always twenty-twenty

# . History repeats itself

# . Home is where the heart is

# . Honesty is the best policy

# . Hope springs eternal

# . Horses for courses

# . If anything can go wrong, it will

# . If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well

# . If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again

# . If God had meant us to fly he'd have given us wings

# . If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers

# . If it ain't broke, don't fix it

# . If life deals you lemons, make lemonade

# . If the cap fits, wear it

# . If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain

# . If the shoe fits, wear it

# . If wishes were horses, beggars would ride

# . If you can't be good, be careful

# . If you can't beat em, join em

# . If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen

# . If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

# . If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys

# . If you want a thing done well, do it yourself

# . Ignorance is bliss

# . Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

# . In for a penny, in for a pound

# . In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king

# . In the midst of life we are in death

# . Into every life a little rain must fall

# . It ain't over till the fat lady sings

# . It goes without saying

# . It is best to be on the safe side

# . It is better to give than to receive

# . It is easy to be wise after the event

# . It never rains but it pours

# . It takes a thief to catch a thief

# . It takes all sorts to make a world

# . It takes one to know one

# . It takes two to tango

# . It's all grist to the mill

# . It's an ill wind that blows no one any good

# . It's better to give than to receive

# . It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all

# . It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness

# . It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive

# . It's never too late

# . It's no use crying over spilt milk

# . It's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted

# . It's the early bird that catches the worm

# . It's the empty can that makes the most noise

# . It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease

# . Jack of all trades, master of none

# . Judge not, that ye be not judged

# . Keep your chin up

# . Keep your powder dry

# . Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone

# . Laughter is the best medicine

# . Least said, soonest mended

# . Less is more

# . Let bygones be bygones

# . Let not the sun go down on your wrath

# . Let sleeping dogs lie

# . Let the buyer beware

# . Let the dead bury the dead

# . Let the punishment fit the crime

# . Let well alone

# . Life begins at forty

# . Life is just a bowl of cherries

# . Life is what you make it

# . Life's not all beer and skittles

# . Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

# . Like father, like son

# . Little pitchers have big ears

# . Little strokes fell great oaks

# . Little things please little minds

# . Live for today for tomorrow never comes

# . Look before you leap

# . Love is blind

# . Love makes the world go round

# . Love thy neighbour as thyself

# . Love will find a way

# . Make hay while the sun shines

# . Make love not war

# . Man does not live by bread alone

# . Manners maketh man

# . Many a little makes a mickle

# . Many a mickle makes a muckle

# . Many a true word is spoken in jest

# . Many hands make light work

# . March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb

# . March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers

# . Marriages are made in heaven

# . Marry in haste, repent at leisure

# . Might is right

# . Mighty oaks from little acorns grow

# . Misery loves company

# . Moderation in all things

# . Monday's child is fair of face,

# . Tuesday's child is full of grace,

# . Wednesday's child is full of woe,

# . Thursday's child has far to go,

# . Friday's child is loving and giving,

# . Saturday's child works hard for its living,

# . And a child that's born on the Sabbath day

# . Is fair and wise and good and gay.

# . Money doesn't grow on trees

# . Money is the root of all evil

# . Money isn't everything

# . Money makes the world go round

# . Money talks

# . More haste, less speed

# . Music has charms to soothe the savage breast

# . Nature abhors a vacuum

# . Necessity is the mother of invention

# . Needs must when the devil drives

# . Ne'er cast a clout till May be out

# . Never give a sucker an even break

# . Never go to bed on an argument

# . Never judge a book by its cover

# . Never let the sun go down on your anger

# . Never look a gift horse in the mouth

# . Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today

# . Never speak ill of the dead

# . Never tell tales out of school

# . Nine tailors make a man

# . No man can serve two masters

# . No man is an island

# . No names, no pack-drill

# . No news is good news

# . No one can make you feel inferior without your consent

# . No pain, no gain

# . No rest for the wicked

# . Nothing is certain but death and taxes

# . Nothing succeeds like success

# . Nothing venture, nothing gain

# . Oil and water don't mix

# . Old soldiers never die, they just fade away

# . Once a thief, always a thief

# . Once bitten, twice shy

# . One good turn deserves another

# . One half of the world does not know how the other half lives

# . One hand washes the other

# . One man's meat is another man's poison

# . One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb

# . One law for the rich and another for the poor

# . One swallow does not make a summer

# . One volunteer is worth ten pressed men

# . One year's seeding makes seven years weeding

# . Only fools and horses work

# . Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door

# . Out of sight, out of mind

# . Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil

# . Patience is a virtue

# . Pearls of wisdom

# . Penny wise and pound foolish

# . People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

# . Physician, heal thyself

# . Possession is nine points of the law

# . Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely

# . Practice makes perfect

# . Practice what you preach

# . Prevention is better than cure

# . Pride goes before a fall

# . Procrastination is the thief of time

# . Put your best foot forward

# . Rain before seven, fine before eleven

# . Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning

# . Revenge is a dish best served cold

# . Revenge is sweet

# . Rob Peter to pay Paul

# . Rome wasn't built in a day

# . See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day

# . See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

# . Seeing is believing

# . Seek and ye shall find

# . Set a thief to catch a thief

# . Share and share alike

# . Shrouds have no pockets

# . Silence is golden

# . Slow but sure

# . Softly, softly, catchee monkey

# . Spare the rod and spoil the child

# . Speak as you find

# . Speak softly and carry a big stick

# . Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me

# . Still waters run deep

# . Strike while the iron is hot

# . Stupid is as stupid does

# . Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan

# . Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves

# . Talk is cheap

# . Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear

# . Tell the truth and shame the Devil

# . That which does not kill us makes us stronger

# . The age of miracles is past

# . The apple never falls far from the tree

# . The best defence is a good offence

# . The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley

# . The best things in life are free

# . The bigger they are, the harder they fall

# . The bottom line is the bottom line

# . The boy is father to the man

# . The bread always falls buttered side down

# . The child is the father of the man

# . The cobbler always wears the worst shoes

# . The course of true love never did run smooth

# . The customer is always right

# . The darkest hour is just before the dawn

# . The devil finds work for idle hands to do

# . The devil looks after his own

# . The early bird catches the worm

# . The end justifies the means

# . The exception which proves the rule

# . The female of the species is more deadly than the male

# . The fruit does not fall far from the tree

# . The good die young

# . The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

# . The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

# . The husband is always the last to know

# . The labourer is worthy of his hire

# . The law is an ass

# . The leopard does not change his spots

# . The longest journey starts with a single step

# . The more the merrier

# . The more things change, the more they stay the same

# . The only good Indian is a dead Indian

# . The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings

# . The pen is mightier than sword

# . The price of liberty is eternal vigilance

# . The proof of the pudding is in the eating

# . The road to hell is paved with good intentions

# . The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot

# . The squeaking wheel gets the grease

# . The truth will out

# . The way to a man's heart is through his stomach

# . There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream

# . There are none so blind as those, that will not see

# . There are two sides to every question

# . There but for the grace of God, go I

# . There's a time and a place for everything

# . There's an exception to every rule

# . There's always more fish in the sea

# . There's honour among thieves

# . There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle

# . There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip

# . There's more than one way to skin a cat

# . There's no accounting for tastes

# . There's no fool like an old fool

# . There's no place like home

# . There's no smoke without fire

# . There's no such thing as a free lunch

# . There's no such thing as bad publicity

# . There's no time like the present

# . There's none so blind as those who will not see

# . There's none so deaf as those who will not hear

# . There's nowt so queer as folk

# . There's one born every minute

# . There's safety in numbers

# . They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind

# . Third time lucky

# . Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it

# . Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

# . Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas

# . Time and tide wait for no man

# . Time flies

# . Time is a great healer

# . Time is money

# . Time will tell

# . 'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all

# . To err is human; to forgive divine

# . To every thing there is a season

# . To the victor go the spoils

# . To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive

# . Tomorrow is another day

# . Tomorrow never comes

# . Too many cooks spoil the broth

# . Truth is stranger than fiction

# . Truth will out

# . Two blacks don't make a white

# . Two heads are better than one

# . Two is company, but three's a crowd

# . Two wrongs don't make a right

# . Variety is the spice of life

# . Virtue is its own reward

# . Walls have ears

# . Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs

# . Waste not want not

# . What can't be cured must be endured

# . What goes up must come down

# . What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

# . What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander

# . When in Rome, do as the Romans do

# . When the cat's away the mice will play

# . When the going gets tough, the tough get going

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