A journey of a
thousand miles begins
with a single stepA 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 is known by his
friends
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 picture paints a
thousand words
A place for everything
and everything in its
place
A poor workman
always blames his
tools
A person is known by
the company he
keeps
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 halvedA volunteer is worth
twenty pressed men
A watched pot never
boils
A woman is only a
woman, but a good
cigar is a smoke
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
mileAn apple a day keeps
the doctor away
An army marches on
its stomach
An Englishman's
home is his castle
An eye for an eye, a
tooth for a tooth
An ounce of
prevention is worth a
pound of cure
Another day, another
dollar
Any port in a storm
Appearances can be
deceptive
April is the cruellest
month
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
Ashes to ashes dust
to dust
Ask a silly question
and you'll get a silly
answer
Ask no questions and
hear no lies
Attack is the best
form of defenceBad money drives out
good
Bad news travels fast
Barking dogs seldom
bite
Be careful what you
wish for
Beat swords into
ploughshares
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
than 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 togetherBlessed are the
peacemakers
Blood is thicker than
water
Blue are the hills that
are far away
Boys will be boys
Brevity is the soul of Business before
pleasure
Caesar's wife must be
above suspicion
Carpe diem (Pluck the day; Seize the day)
Charity begins at
home
Charity covers a
multitude of sins
Cheaters never win
and winners never
cheat
Cheats never prosper
Children and fools tell
the truth
Children should be
seen and not heard
Christmas comes but
once a year
Cleanliness is next to
godliness
Clothes maketh 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 valourDistance lends
enchantment to the
view
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 get mad, get
even
Don't keep a dog and
bark yourself
Don't leave your
manners on the
doorstep
Don't let the bastards
grind you down
Don't let the cat out of
the bag
Don't let the grass
grow under your feet
Don't meet troubles
half-way
Don't mix business
with pleasure
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 shoot the
messenger
Don't spoil the ship for
a ha'porth of tar
Don't sweat the small
stuffDon't throw pearls to
swine
Don't teach your
Grandma to suck
eggs
Don't throw the baby
out with the bathwater
Don't trust anyone
over thirty
Don't try to run before
you can walk
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 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 waitsFailing 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
Fight the good fight
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 everything there
is a season
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 the only wayGenius is an infinite
capacity for taking
pains
Genius is one percent
inspiration, ninety-
nine percent
perspiration
Give a man a fish and
you will feed him for a
day...
Give a dog a bad
name and hang him , give a man enough
rope and he will hang
himself
Give credit where
credit is due
Go the extra mile
God helps those who
help themselves
Good fences make
good neighbours
Good talk saves the
food
Good things come in
small packages
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, teachesHe 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
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 wouldIf you build it they will
come
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 receiveJack of all trades,
master of none
Judge not, that ye be
not judged
Keep your chin up
Keep your friends
close and your
enemies closer
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 and learnLive for today for
tomorrow never
comes
Look before you leap
Love of money is the
root of all evil
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 are called but
few are chosen
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
thingsMonday'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 does not grow on tree
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
mastersNo 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's new under
the sun
Nothing is certain but
death and taxes
Nothing succeeds like
success
Nothing ventured,
nothing gained
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
Opposites attract
Out of sight, out of
mindParsley 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
perfection
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
daySee 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 offenceThe best is the enemy
of the good
The best-laid
schemes of mice and
men gang aft agley
The best things in life
are free
The bigger, the better
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 runThe customer is always right
The darkest hour is just before the dawn
The Devil finds work for idle hands to do
The Devil is in the details
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 wages of sin is death
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts
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
Thou shalt not kill
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 choose your friends but you can't choose your family
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 get blood out of a turnip
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
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