Category: proverb (79 terms)
- a bad penny always turns up
- a bad workman always blames his tools
- absence makes the heart go yonder
- a closed mouth catches no flies
- a creaking door hangs longest
- actions speak louder than words
- a fool and his money are soon parted
- a friend in need is a friend indeed
- all cats are grey in the dark
- all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
- a magician never reveals his secrets
- an apple a day keeps the doctor away
- another day, another dollar
- another day in paradise
- an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure
- April showers bring May flowers
- a rolling stone gathers no moss
- a stopped clock is right twice a day
- a woman's work is never done
- bad money drives out good
- boys will be boys
- care killed the cat
- don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly
- don't put all your eggs in one basket
- eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die
- God is in the detail
- God works in mysterious ways
- hard cases make bad law
- he who smelt it dealt it
- hoes before bros
- if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
- if the shoe fits, wear it
- it ain't the meat, it's the motion
- it's a long road that has no turning
- it's a tough job, but someone's got to do it
- it takes one to know one
- leave it all on the field
- less is more
- lightning never strikes twice in the same place
- live by the sword, die by the sword
- location, location, location
- marry in haste, repent at leisure
- measure twice and cut once
- mind over matter
- murder will out
- no rest for the wicked
- oil and water don't mix
- one's time is one's own
- perfect is the enemy of good
- plus ça change
- ready, fire, aim
- seeing is believing
- seek and ye shall find
- silence is golden
- six of one, half a dozen of the other
- that's the way life is
- the fewer the better fare
- the house always wins
- the more the merrier
- the more things change, the more they stay the same
- there's a first time for everything
- there's no business like show business
- they'll do it every time
- throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick
- today is a good day to die
- to each his own
- tomorrow never comes
- turnabout is fair play
- use it or lose it
- what goes around comes around
- what goes up must come down
- what's good for the goose is good for the gander
- what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
- what wins on Sunday sells on Monday
- what you see is what you get
- when in Rome, do as the Romans do
- where there's smoke, there's fire
- work smarter, not harder
- you can't get a quart into a pint pot