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| A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. |
| A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
| A miss is as good as a mile. |
| A new broom sweeps clean. |
| A rolling stone gathers no moss. |
| A stitch in time saves nine. |
| Absence makes the heart grow fonder. |
| Actions speak louder than words. |
| All good things come to an end. |
| All that glitters is not gold. |
| All's well that ends well. |
| Any Tim, Dick or Harry. |
| As you make your bed, so you must lie. |
| Barking up the wrong tree |
| Barking dogs never bite. |
| to beat about/around the bush |
| Beauty is only skin deep. |
| Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. |
| Before you can say Jack Robinson. |
| Beggars cannot be choosers. |
| Better late than never. |
| Better safe than sorry. |
| Broken crockery brings you luck. |
| Charity begins at home. |
| Close but no cigar. |
| Do lunch or be lunch. |
| Don't cross a bridge till you come to it. |
| Don't count your chicken before they are hatched. |
| Don't mock the afflicted. |
| Dripping hollows out rock. |
| Easy come easy go. |
| Enough is as good as a feast. |
| Every Jack will find his Jill. |
| Fair exchange is no robbery. |
| Few sandwiches short of a picnic. |
| First come, first served. |
| For Pete's sake. |
| Fortune favours fools. |
| Good things come to those who wait. |
| Great minds think alike. |
| He deserved the break. |
| He is a chip of the old block. |
| He had reckoned without his host. |
| He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing. |
| Honesty is the best policy. |
| I wouldn't live in that dump if you paid me! |
| If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. |
| In for a penny, in for a pound. |
| It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. |
| It is never too late to mend. |
| It is too late to shut the barn door after the horse has bolted. |
| It never rains but it pours. |
| It takes two to tango. |
| It's raining cats and dogs. |
| Justice was never done but someone complained. |
| Kill 2 birds with one stone. |
| Knowledge is power. |
Lies have short legs.
Lies don't travel far. |
| Like father like son. |
| Listeners hear no good of themselves. |
Many hands make light work.
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| Mind your own business. |
| Misery loves company. |
| Mistakes are often the best teachers. |
| Money isn't everything. |
| Monkey see monkey do. |
| More haste less speed. |
| Necessity is the mother of invention. |
| Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. |
| No news is good news. |
| No pains - no gains. |
| Not all who own a lyre are lyre-players. |
| Once bitten twice shy. |
| Once one has served one's purpose one is simply discarded. |
| One good turn deserves another. |
| One man's meat is another man's poison. |
| One swallow doesn't make a summer. |
| Opportunity makes thieves. |
| Out of sight, out of mind. |
| Out of the heat, into the frying pan. |
| Payback is a bitch. |
| People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. |
| Practice makes perfect. |
| Pride comes before the fall. |
| Promises are made to be kept. |
| Rats desert the sinking ship. |
| Slow and steady wins the race. |
| Speech is silver silence is gold. |
| Still waters run deep. |
| Strike while the iron is hot. |
| Take care of the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves. |
| The last straw that breaks the camels back. |
| The early bird catches the worm. |
| The end justifies the means. |
| The pot calling the kettle black. |
| The proof of the pudding is in the eating. |
| There's no fool like an old fool. |
| That's old hat. |
| Tit for tat. |
| To blow one's own trumpet |
| To drop a brick |
| To carry coals to Newcastle. |
| Too many cooks spoil the broth. |
| To pull someone's leg |
| To put the pedal to the metal |
| To ride shotgun |
| What the eye does not see the heart cannot grieve over. |
| When the cat's away the mice will play. |
| Where there is a will there is a way. |
| You can easily fall into your own trap. |
| You can't change the habits of a lifetime. |
| You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. |
| You can't study on a full stomach. |
| You can't teach an old dog new tricks. |
| You don't know the value of water before the well runs dry. |
| What goes around comes around. |
| When two people quarrel, a third rejoices. |
Subject: English proverbs 
Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:44 am
