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bad workman always blames his tools. 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 picture is worth a thousand words.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A sharp tongue does not mean that you have a keen mind.
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 work and no play make Jack a dull boy.
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 dogs never bite.
Barking up the wrong tree Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Before you can say Jack Robinson.
Beggars cannot be choosers.
Better late than never.
Better safe than sorry.
Birds of a feather, flock together.
Broken crockery brings you luck.
Charity begins at home.
Close but no cigar.
Do lunch or be lunch.
Don't count your chicken before they are hatched.
Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.
Don't mock the afflicted.
Dripping hollows out rock.
Easy come easy go.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Every Jack will find his Jill.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Few sandwiches short of a picnic.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
First come, first served.
For Pete's sake.
Fortune favours fools.
Good things come to those who wait.
Great minds think alike.
Harm set, harm get.
He deserved the break.
He had reckoned without his host.
He is a chip of the old block.
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 don't travel far.
Lies have short legs.
Like father like son.
Listeners hear no good of themselves.
... lots of red tape
Many hands make light work.
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.
Never spread yourself too thin.
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.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Postponed is not abandoned.
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.
That's old hat.
The early bird catches the worm.
The end justifies the means.
The last straw that breaks the camels back.
The pot calling the kettle black.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Tit for tat.
to be between the devil and the deep blue sea
to beat about/around the bush
to blow one's own trumpet
to carry coals to Newcastle.
to drop a brick
to pull someone's leg
to put the pedal to the metal
to ride shotgun
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Two wrongs don't make it right.
What goes around comes around.
What the eye does not see the heart cannot grieve over.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
When two people quarrel, a third rejoices.
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.
