A cat may look at a king
A chain is only as
strong as its weakest
link
A change is as good as
a rest
A dog is a man's best
friend
A drowning man will
clutch at a straw
A fish always rots from
the head down
A fool and his money
are soon parted
A friend in need is a
friend indeed
A golden key can open
any door
A good beginning
makes a good ending
A good man is hard to
find
A house divided against
itself cannot stand
A house is not a home
A journey of a thousand
miles begins with a
single step
A leopard cannot
change its spots
A little knowledge is a
dangerous thing
A little learning is a
dangerous thing
A little of what you
fancy does you good
A man who is his own
lawyer has a fool for his
client
A miss is as good as a
mile
A new broom sweeps
clean
A nod's as good as a
wink to a blind horse
A penny saved is a
penny earned
A person is known by
the company he keeps
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 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 bath water
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
When the oak is before
the ash, then you will
only get a splash; when
the ash is before the
oak, then you may
expect a soak
What the eye doesn't
see, the heart doesn't
grieve over
Where there's a will
there's a way
Where there's muck
there's brass
While there's life there's
hope
Whom the Gods love die
young
Why keep a dog and
bark yourself?
Women and children
first
Wonders will never
cease
Work expands so as to
fill the time available
Worrying never did
anyone any good
You are never too old to
learn
You are what you eat
You can have too much
of a good thing
You can lead a horse to
water, but you can't
make it drink
You can't have your
cake and eat it
You can't get blood out
of a stone
You can't make a silk
purse from a sow's ear
You can't make an
omelette without
breaking eggs
You can't make bricks
without straw
You can't run with the
hare and hunt with the
hounds
You can't teach an old
dog new tricks
You can't judge a book
by its cover
You can't win them all
You catch more flies
with honey than with
vinegar
You pays your money
and you takes your
choice
Youth is wasted on the
young
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