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A fair day's work for a fair day's pay. bad news travels fast. big fish eat little fish. comparisons are odious. do not bite the hand that feeds you. do not throw the baby out with the bathwater. if you give a mouse a cookie, he'll always ask for a glass of milk. little strokes fell great oaks. oil and water do not mix. there are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream. there is no accounting for tastes. two heads are better than one..
A good man is hard to find. a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. better safe than sorry. better the devil you know than the devil you do not. do not bite the hand that feeds you. it is an ill wind that blows no one any good. it is the early bird that gets the worm. let sleeping dogs lie. like father, like son. speak as you find. the best defence is a good offence. the best-laid schemes of mice and men often go awry. the exception which proves the rule. the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. tomorrow never comes..
'tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. a cat may look at a king. actions speak louder than words. attack is the best form of defense. do not spoil the ship for a ha'pworth of tar. even a worm will turn. feed a cold and starve a fever. good fences make good neighbours. if you cannot beat them, join them. in the midst of life, we are in death. it is an ill wind that blows no one any good. it is the early bird that gets the worm. it takes a thief to catch a thief. look before you leap. 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 is born on the sabbath day is fair and wise and good and gay. money makes many things, but also makes devil dance. nine tailors make a man. once bitten, twice shy. possession is nine-tenths of the law. take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. the boy is father to the man. the early bird catches the worm. there are two sides to every question. 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. you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar..
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A good man is hard to find. a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. better safe than sorry. better the devil you know than the devil you do not. do not bite the hand that feeds you. it is an ill wind that blows no one any good. it is the early bird that gets the worm. let sleeping dogs lie. like father, like son. speak as you find. the best defence is a good offence. the best-laid schemes of mice and men often go awry. the exception which proves the rule. the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. tomorrow never comes..
'tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. a cat may look at a king. actions speak louder than words. attack is the best form of defense. do not spoil the ship for a ha'pworth of tar. even a worm will turn. feed a cold and starve a fever. good fences make good neighbours. if you cannot beat them, join them. in the midst of life, we are in death. it is an ill wind that blows no one any good. it is the early bird that gets the worm. it takes a thief to catch a thief. look before you leap. 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 is born on the sabbath day is fair and wise and good and gay. money makes many things, but also makes devil dance. nine tailors make a man. once bitten, twice shy. possession is nine-tenths of the law. take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. the boy is father to the man. the early bird catches the worm. there are two sides to every question. 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. you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar..