| Proverb | Meaning
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| (All) good things come to those who wait | Waiting patiently is the best way to get what you want.
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| A bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't resist. |
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| A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. | it is better to have something that is certain than take a risk to get more
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| A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. Here at my desk, I have a work station. |
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| A chain is as strong as its weakest link |
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| a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link | a team is only as good as its worst player
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| A cigarette is a pinch of tobacco, wrapped in paper, fire at one end, fool at the other. |
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| a closed mouth gathers no feet | adopting the structure of a rolling stone gathers no moss
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| A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man dies but once | The brave are only conquered once - by actual death
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| A day late and a dollar short |
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| A diamond is a girl's best friend |
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| A diamond is forever |
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| A dog who attends a flea circus most likely will steal the whole show. |
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| A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline. |
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| A fair face may fade, but a beautiful soul last forever. |
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| A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. |
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| A fool and his money are soon parted | It's easy for a foolish person to lose his/her money.
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| A friend in need is a friend indeed |
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| A friend in need is a pest. |
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| A friend is someone who thinks you're a good egg even though you're slightly cracked. |
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| A friend to all is a friend to none |
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| A gallant retreat is better than a bad stand. |
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| a good beginning makes a good ending |
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| a good man is hard to find |
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| A good run is better than a bad stand |
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| A good way to change somebody's attitude is to change your own. |
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| a hard man is good to find |
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| A hero ain't nothin' but a sandwich |
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| A house divided against itself cannot stand | Everyone involved must unify and function together or it will not work out.
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| a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step |
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| A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way. |
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| A leopard can't change his spots | You cannot change who you are.
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| A life with love will have some thorns, but a life without love will have no roses. |
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| A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. |
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| A man who lives in a glass house shouldn't throw stones. |
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| a man's home is his castle |
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| a mind is a terrible thing to waste |
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| A new broom sweeps clean |
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| A penny saved is a penny earned | By not spending money, you are saving money (little by little).
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| A person is known by the company he keeps |
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| A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. |
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| a picture is worth a thousand words | A visual presentation is far more descriptive than words.
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| A poor excuse is better than none at all |
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| A right start in life is a career half made |
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| A rolling stone gathers no moss | Someone who does not settle in one place rarely prospers
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| a rose by any other name is still a rose |
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| a rose by any other name would smell as sweet |
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| A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. |
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| A stitch in time saves nine | A timely effort will prevent more work later
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| A thing of beauty is a joy forever |
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| A true friend walks in when the world walks out. |
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| A watched pot never boils |
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| Absence is to love as wind is to fire, it extinguishes the small and kindles the great. |
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| Absence makes the heart grow fonder | The lack of something increases the desire for it
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| Absolute power corrupts absolutely |
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| Act in haste, repent in leisure | it's better to take your time and think of the best solution than to regret it when it's too late.
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| Action may not always be happiness, but there is no happiness without action. |
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| Actions speak louder than words | It's better to actually do something than just talk about it.
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| Adolescence and snow are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough. |
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| Alcohol preserves everything except dignity. |
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| All is fair in love and war |
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| All play and no work makes Jack a poor boy |
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| All roads lead to Rome |
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| All that glitters is not gold | A showy article may not necessarily be valuable
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| All that truly matters in the end is that you loved |
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| All the treasure in the world is worthless, unless you have someone to share it with. |
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| all the world's a stage |
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| All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. |
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| All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy. |
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| All's fair in love and war |
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| All's well that ends well |
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| Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back. |
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| Always remember, you will go to hell for lying just as well stealing. |
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| An angry person is seldom reasonable; a reasonable person is seldom angry. |
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| an apple a day keeps the doctor away |
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| an apple doesn't fall far from the tree |
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| An obstacle is something you see when you take your eyes off the goal. |
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| An optimist laughs to forget, a pessimist forgets to laugh. |
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| An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure |
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| Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. |
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| Anyone can make a mountain out of a molehill by throwing on more dirt. |
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| Apples don’ t fall far from the tree |
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| As a twig is bent the tree will grow |
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| As the crow flies |
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| Ashes of love are cold as ice |
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| Ashes to ashes and dust to dust if it wasn't for women our peckers would rust. |
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| Ask and you shall receive |
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| Ask yourself if what you are doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow. |
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| Bad weather gets better, a bad man never does |
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| Barking dogs seldom bite |
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| Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it |
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| Be true to your teeth and they won't be false |
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| Beauty is in the eye of the beholder |
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| beauty is only skin deep |
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| Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes to the bone |
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| beauty's only skin deep; ugly goes through to the bone. |
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| Beggars should not be choosers | If you request something to be given you should not question what you are given
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| Bend like a willow or break like an oak |
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| Better a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond |
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| Better late than never |
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| Better safe than sorry |
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| Better the devil you know than the devil you don't. |
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| Better to be your friend's nettle than his echo |
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| Better to have and not need than to need and not have |
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| Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all |
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| better to keep your mouth shut and let everyone think you're a fool... |
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| Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness |
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| Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. |
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| Big fish eat little fish |
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| Bigger is better |
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| Birds of a feather flock together | Those of similar taste congregate in groups
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| Blood is thicker than water | family bonds are closer than those of outsiders
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| build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door |
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| Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. tOday is special |
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| Business before pleasure |
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| Busy hands are happy hands |
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| Candy is dandy but licker is quicker |
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| Cast pearls before swine |
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| Character secures respect |
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| Children should be seen and not heard |
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| Children: You spend the first 2 years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next 16 years telling them to sit down and shut-up. |
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| cleanliness is next to Godliness |
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| Close only counts in horseshoes |
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| Clothes don't make the man |
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| Clothes make the man |
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| Coffee in a can, sugar in a cup, poke her in the butt you wont knock her up. |
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| Cold feet sleep apart |
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| Count your blessings, not your problems |
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| Cream rises to the top |
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| Crime doesn't pay |
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| Crowded elevators smell different to midgets. |
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| Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone. |
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| curiosity killed the cat | Being Inquisitive can lead you into a dangerous situation.
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| Cut the coat according to the cloth |
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| Dead men tell no tales |
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| Discretion is the better part of valour |
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| Distance lends enchantment to the view |
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| distance makes the heart grow fonder |
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| Do as I say, not as I do |
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| Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience. |
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| Do not be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will care for itself |
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| Do unto others as you would have them do unto you |
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| Dogs that don't kill sheep don't run |
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| Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now. |
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| Don’t compare your life to others, you have no idea what their journey is all about |
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| Don't beat a dead dog |
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| Don't bite off more than you can chew |
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| Don't bite the hand that feeds you | Don't hurt anyone that helps you.
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| don't burn your bridges |
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| Don't burn your bridges behind you |
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| Don't cast your pearls before swine | Items of quality offered to those who aren't cultured enough to appreciate them
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| don't change horses in midstream |
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| Don't change horses in the middle of the stream | Don't change your leader or your basic position when part-way through a campaign or a project
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| Don't count your chickens before they are hatched | Don't rely on it until your sure of it.
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| Don't criticize a man untill you have walked a mile in his shoes |
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| Don't cross the bridge till you come to it |
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| Don't cry over spilt milk |
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| Don't cut off your nose to spite your face |
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| Don't keep a dog and bark yourself | Don't pay someone to do a task and then do it yourself
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| Don't look a gift horse in the mouth | Don't be ungrateful when you receive a gift
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| don't paint the devil on the wall (German) |
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| Don't play with fire and you won't get burned |
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| Don't put all your eggs in one basket | If something happens to the basket, all your eggs are gone. If you put your eggs in diffent baskets and you lose one basket, you still have eggs.
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| Don't put all your heads in one duffel bag (Instead of - don't put all your eggs in one basket) |
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| Don't put new wine into old bottles |
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| Don't put the cart before the horse |
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| Don't sweat the petty things, Pet the sweaty things |
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| Don't sweat the small stuff |
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| don't tempt fate |
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| Don't trust the lock to which everyone has a key.(Swedish) |
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| don't use a lot where a little will do |
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| Drastic times call for drastic measures | When you are extremely desperate you need to take extremely desperate actions.
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| Dynamite comes in small packages | Some of the smallest things can affect many things in a large way
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| Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. |
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| Easy come, easy go |
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| Education is capital invested for the future |
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| Empty vessels make the most noise |
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| Enthusiasm conquers the impossible |
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| Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need |
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| Evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't. |
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| Every cloud has a silver lining | Every bad situation has some good aspect to it. difficult times will lead to better days.
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| Every dog has his day |
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| Every man has his price |
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| Every man has stupid thoughts, only wise men keep them quiet.(Swedish) |
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| Every picture tells a story |
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| every rose has its thorn |
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| Every stick has two ends |
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| Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die |
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| Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks |
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| Evil returns to evil doers |
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| Experience is the best teacher |
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| Eyes see everything but themselves |
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| Fact is stranger than fiction |
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| Failing to plan is planning to fail |
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| Failure is the stepping stone to success |
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| Faint heart never won fair maiden |
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| Faith can move mountains |
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| faith can move mountains |
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| fake it till you make it |
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| Familiarity breeds contempt |
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| Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free |
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| Feed a cold and starve a fever |
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| Fight fire with fire |
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| Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity. |
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| Fish and guests smell after three days, or company and fish stink after three days |
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| Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me |
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| Fool's names and fools faces always show up in public places |
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| fools rush in where angels fear to tread |
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| Forewarned is forearmed | Advance warning provides an advantage
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| Forgive and you will be forgiven |
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| Fortune favours the brave |
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| Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves |
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| From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step |
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| garbage in, garbage out |
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| Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration |
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| Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere |
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| Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful. |
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| Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime |
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| Give a man a fish, feed him for a day, teach a man to fish, feed him for life |
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| Give a man rope enough and he will hang himself |
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| Give credit where credit is due |
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| God helps those who help themselves |
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| God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or did not do. |
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| God moves in mysterious ways |
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| Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. |
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| Good beginnings make for good endings |
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| Good fences make good neighbours |
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| Good luck comes to the man that earns it |
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| Grass doesn't grow on a busy street |
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| Great minds think alike | Intelligent people think like each other.
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| Growing old beats the alternative – dying young |
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| half a loaf is better than none |
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| Happiness is a state of mind |
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| harder for a rich man to go to heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle |
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| Haste makes waste | Quickly doing things results in a poor ending.
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| Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand. |
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| He that is master of himself, will soon be master of others. |
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| He who can does, he who cannot doesn't |
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| He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day |
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| He who gets angry gets old fast |
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| He who hesitates is lost |
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| He who laughs last laughs longest |
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| He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword |
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| He who pays the piper calls the tune |
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| He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon |
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| Hell has no fury like a woman scorned |
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| Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned |
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| Hindsight is always twenty-twenty |
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| history repeats itself |
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| Home is where the heart is |
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| Home is where you hang your hat |
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| Honesty is the best policy |
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| Hope is a waking dream |
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| Hope is hearing the melody of the future, faith is to dance it |
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| Hope is like the sun which as we walk toward it, cast a shadow of our burdens behind us |
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| Hope springs eternal |
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| How do you expect me to remember your birthday when you never look any older? |
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| How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child |
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| I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather.. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car. |
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| Idle hands are the Devil's workshop | You are more likely to get in trouble if you have nothing to do.
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| Idle mind is the Devil's playground | You are more likely to get in trouble if you have nothing to do.
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| If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea... does that mean that one enjoys it? |
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| If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well |
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| If a man tells you he can grow corn look in his crib |
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| If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it |
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| If a wolf came to my house to eat he would have to bring a sack lunch |
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| If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again |
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| if at first you don't succeed, try, try, again |
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| If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong. |
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| If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers' hands | Used as a humorous retort to an over-optimistic conditional expression
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| If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, it would be Christmas every day of the year |
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| if ifs and buts where candy and nuts, every day would be Christmas |
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| If it ain't broke, don't fix it |
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| If it has tires or testicles it's gonna give you trouble |
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| If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's a duck |
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| If life deals you lemons, make lemonade |
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| If pigs had wings they'd fly |
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| If sex is a pain in the ass, then you're doing it wrong... |
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| if the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammud must go to the mtn |
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| If the shoe fits, wear it |
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| If we threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back |
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| If wishes were fishes, we'd all have a fry |
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| If wishes were for certain we would all be rich |
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| If wishes were horses beggars would ride |
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| If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem |
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| If you can't be good, be careful |
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| If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. |
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| if you can't do the time, don't do the crime |
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| if you can't find it, grind it |
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| If you can't hunt with the big dogs stay on the porch |
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| if you can't kill the king then don't wound him |
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| If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch |
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| If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all |
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| If you can't see the bottom, don't put your foot in the water.(Swedish) |
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| If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen | Don't persist with a task if the pressure of it is too much for you
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| if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen |
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| if you can't stand the kitchen, get a real job |
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| if you can't take the heat then get out of the kitchen |
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| If you cast your net too wide beware that you don't get snared in your own webbing |
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| If you don't bend you are going to break |
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| if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all |
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| If you don't have big breasts, Put ribbons on your pigtails |
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| If you don't milk everyday, the cow will dry up |
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| If you have seen one you have seen them all |
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| if you love something set it free |
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| If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys |
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| If you play with trash it will get in your eyes |
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| If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of payments. |
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| If you want to dance you must pay the fiddler |
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| If you want to make a sale, You have to let the customer sample the merchandise |
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| if you've seen one you've seen 'em all |
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| Ignorance is bliss |
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| Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery |
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| in every life a little rain must fall |
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| In for a penny, in for a pound |
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| In still weather everyone is a good sailor.(Swedish) |
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| In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king |
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| In the midst of life we are in death |
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| Into every life a little rain must fall |
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| It is better to be alone than wish you were |
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| It is better to give than to receive |
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| it is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all |
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| It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God |
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| It is easy to be wise after the event |
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| It is not whether you win or lose, it is how you play the game |
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| It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye |
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| It isn't over until the fat lady sings |
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| It takes one to know one |
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| It takes two to tango | A two person conflict where both people are at fault.
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| it takes two to tango |
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| It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else |
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| It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it. |
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| It’s OK to let your children see you cry. |
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| It's a dog eat dog world |
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| It's a long worm that never turns |
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| It's a small world | You frequently see the same people in different places.
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| It's a sorry dog that won't wag his own tail |
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| It's all grist to the mill |
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| it's an ill wind that blows no good |
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| It's an ill wind that blows no one any good |
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| it's better to beg than barrow |
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| it's better to find a whole worm in your apple than half a worm. |
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| It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all |
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| It's no use crying over spilt milk |
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| It's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted |
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| it's only a matter of time |
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| It's the empty can that makes the most noise |
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| It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease |
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| Jack of all trades, master of none |
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| Judge not, that ye be not judged |
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| Keep your eyes wide open before marriage and half shut afterwards |
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| Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. |
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| Know which side your bread is buttered on |
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| Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. |
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| Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone |
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| Lead by example |
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| Least said, soonest mended |
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| Less is more |
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| Let bygones be bygones |
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| Let not the sun go down on your wrath | Do not hold on to your anger for more than one day
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| Let sleeping dogs lie | To avoid restarting a conflict.
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| Let the dead bury the dead |
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| Let the punishment fit the crime |
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| Let your light shine before men that they may see your good works |
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| life goes on |
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| life is a bitch; then you marry one |
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| life is a bowl of cherries |
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| life is a series of disappointments, followed by death |
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| life is hard |
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| life is just a bowl of cherries |
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| Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what to expect |
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| life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get |
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| Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're getting. |
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| life is not all fun and games |
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| life is not hard, it only needs some positive thinking |
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| Life is short, death is long. |
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| life is so short, I want to experience as much as possible |
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| Life is too short to waste time hating anyone |
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| life is tough and then you die |
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| life is what happens while you're busy making other plans |
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| life is what you make it |
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| Life is what you need, love is what you want. |
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| Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good |
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| Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift |
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| life stinks |
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| life sucks, and then you die... |
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| Life wasn't meant to be easy |
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| life's a bitch (then you die; then you marry one) |
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| Life's a bitch and then you die |
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| Life's a long hard climb |
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| life's not so bad, when you consider the alternative |
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| life's too short |
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| Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. |
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| Like father, like son |
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| Little pitchers have big ears |
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| Little strokes fell great oaks |
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| Little things please little minds |
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| Live for today for tomorrow never comes |
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| Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly |
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| Loose lips sink ships |
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| Lots of honey makes bees lazy.(Swedish) |
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| Love conquers all |
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| Love is blind |
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| Love thy neighbour as thy self |
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| Lying is like being pregnant, sooner or later everyone will know |
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| Madness is like gravity, all it takes is a little push - Joker |
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| Make hay while the sun shines | Make the most of one's opportunities while you have the chance
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| Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present |
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| Man does not live by bread alone | Physical nourishment is not sufficient for a healthy life; man also has spiritual needs
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| Many a little makes a mickle | Many small amounts accumulate to make a large amount
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| Many a mickle makes a muckle | Many small amounts accumulate to make a large amount
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| Many a slip from the cup to the lip |
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| Many hands make light work |
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| Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich. |
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| Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water |
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| Midnight is where the day begins |
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| Mighty oaks from little acorns grow | Great things may come from small beginnings
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| mind your manners. |
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| Misery loves company. |
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| Money can't buy happiness. |
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| Money can't buy you love. |
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| Money doesn't grow on trees. |
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| Money follows money. |
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| Money is the root of all evil. |
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| Money makes the world go round. |
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| Money talks. |
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| Money talks, bullshit walks. |
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| Monkey see, monkey do. |
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| Necessity is the mother of invention. | Difficult situations inspire ingenious solutions.
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| Never a borrower or a lender be. |
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| Never get into fights with ugly people, they have nothing to lose. |
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| Never give a sucker an even break. |
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| Never go to bed on an argument |
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| Never hit a man with glasses. Hit him with a baseball bat. |
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| Never judge a book by its cover |
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| Never mix business with pleasure |
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| Never pet a burning dog |
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| Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today |
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| Never say die |
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| Never say never |
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| Never speak ill of the dead |
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| never take a shower with a cat duct taped to your chest |
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| Nice guys finish last |
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| No guts no glory |
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| No man can lounge into success |
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| No man can serve two masters |
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| No man is an island | Human beings do not thrive when isolated from others
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| No man is an island |
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| no matter how close you are ......you're always across the street |
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| no matter how far you go, there you are |
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| No matter how pretty she is , someone, somewhere is tired of her crap |
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| No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up |
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| No matter where you go, there you are |
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| No news is good news |
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| No one can make you feel inferior without your consent |
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| No one is in charge of your happiness but you |
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| No one is so blind as those that don't want to see |
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| No pain, no gain |
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| No rest for the wicked | the wicked shall be tormented
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| No use beating a dead horse |
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| No victory without a battle.(Swedish) |
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| Not the ill wind which blows no man to good |
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| Nothing is certain but death and taxes | It draws on the actual inevitability of death to highlight the difficulty in avoiding the burden of taxes
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| Nothing is impossible for those who don't have to do it themselves.(Swedish) |
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| Nothing succeeds like success |
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| Nothing ventured, nothing gained |
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| Oil and water don't mix |
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| Old habits die hard |
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| Old soldiers never die, they just fade away |
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| Once a thief, always a thief |
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| Once bitten twice shy | a person who has had a bad experience one time will be more cautious the next time
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| One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting the results to be different |
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| One good beer deserves another |
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| One good deed deserves another |
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| One good turn deserves another |
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| One hand washes the other |
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| One law for the rich and another for the poor |
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| One man's foul weather is another man's fair |
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| One man's meat is another man's poison |
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| One man's trash is another man's treasure |
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| One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb |
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| One swallow does not make a summer |
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| One volunteer is worth ten pressed men |
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| One year's seeding makes seven years weeding |
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| Only fools and horses work |
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| Only the good die young |
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| Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one |
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| opportunity doesn't knock twice |
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| opposites attract |
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| Out of sight, out of mind | The idea that something is easily forgotten or dismissed as unimportant if it is not in our direct view
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| Out of the mouths of babes come all wise sayings |
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| Over prepare, then go with the flow |
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| Patience is a virtue |
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| Pay off your credit cards every month. |
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| Penny wise and pound (or dollar) foolish |
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| People are dying today that have never died before |
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| People in hell want ice water too |
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| People in hell want ice water too |
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| People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. |
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| People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. |
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| Perfect love casteth out fear |
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| Perseverence moves mountains or tunnels them |
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| Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered |
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| Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly, and for the same reason. |
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| Practice makes perfect | By constantly practicing, you will become better.
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| Practice what you preach |
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| Prevention is better than cure |
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| Pride goeth before a fall |
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| Principles are useless, unless embodied in action |
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| Procrastination is the thief of time |
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| Put your best foot forward | Embark on a journey or task with purpose and gusto
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| Red skies at night, sailor's delight; red skies at morning, sailor's take warning |
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| Revenge is a dish best served cold |
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| Ring around the moon, storm coming soon |
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| Rome wasn't built in a day | If you want something to be completely properly, then its going to take time.
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| Rules are meant to be broken |
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| Running after a shadow is a wearisome race |
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| Save for retirement starting with your first pay check. |
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| Save Gas, Eat Beans! |
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| Say what you mean and mean what you say |
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| Scared dogs bark most.(Swedish) |
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| Seeing is believing |
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| Seek and you shall find |
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| Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. "Yes" is the answer. |
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| Shit Happens |
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| Short pleasures are often long regretted.(Swedish) |
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| Shrouds have no pockets |
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| Silence is golden |
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| Skill, not luck leads to fortune |
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| Sloth is the key of poverty |
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| slow and steady wins the race |
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| smart cookies don't crumble |
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| Snitches get stitches |
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| Some people are like Slinkies ... not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs. |
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| Some pots you don't stir |
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| Spare the rod and spoil the child |
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| spare the rod, spoil the child |
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| Speak of the devil and he will appear |
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| Speak softly and carry a big stick | A proverb advising the tactic of caution and non-aggression, backed up by the ability to do violence if required
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| Still waters run deep. |
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| Stitch in time saves nine |
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| Strike while the iron is hot |
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| Stupid is as stupid does |
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| Success comes through a clear, strong purpose |
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| success has a thousand fathers while failure is an orphan |
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| Take a deep breath. It calms the mind. |
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| Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves |
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| Talk is cheap |
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| talk is cheap |
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| That which does not kill us makes us stronger |
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| The apple never falls far from the tree |
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| The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, They must be felt by the heart |
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| The best defence is a good offence |
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| The best things come in small packages |
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| The best things in life are free |
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| The bigger the better |
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| The bigger they are, the harder they fall | The bigger a company is, the more it has to lose. The deeper in love you are, the more heartbroken you'll be when he/she breaks up with you. The higher you go, the farther you have to go on your way back down.
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| The boss is always right, even when he's wrong. |
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| The boss isn't always right, but he's always the boss |
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| The bread never falls but on its buttered side |
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| The building that need props is sure to fall |
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| The course of true love never runs smooth |
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| the devil is always ready to rock the cradle of the saint who sleeps |
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| the devil is in the details |
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| The difference between men and boys is the size of their toys |
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| The early bird gets the worm |
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| The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. |
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| The empty can rattles the most |
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| The end justifies the means |
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| The first hen to cackle is the one that laid the egg |
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| The good die young |
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| The grass is always greener |
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| the grass is always greener on the other side |
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| The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence |
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| The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world |
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| The hurrier I go the behinder I get |
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| The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list. |
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| The leopard does not change his spots |
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| The longest journey starts with a single step |
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| the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away |
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| the lord moves in mysterious ways |
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| The more one knows, the less one believes. |
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| The more things change, the more they stay the same |
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| the more we learn, the less we know |
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| the nail that sticks up gets hammered down (Japanese) |
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| the nail that sticks up gets pounded down (Japanese) |
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| the only difference between women and girls is the price of their pearls |
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| The only thing we have to fear is fear itself |
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| The only way to have a friend is to be one |
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| The palest ink is stronger than the strongest memory |
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| The path of darkness may not reach the light |
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| The path of light is easiest found by looking up |
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| The Pen is mightier than the sword. |
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| The perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and young enough not to care |
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| The preachers kids are always the meanest |
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| The price of liberty is eternal vigilance |
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| The proof is in the pudding |
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| The proof of the pudding is in the eating | To fully test something you need to experience it yourself
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| The road to hell (or ruin) is paved with good intentions | promises and plans must be put into action, or else they are useless.
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| The secret of success is constancy of purpose |
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| The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot |
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| the squeaky wheel gets the grease |
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| The strongest winds blow on the highest mountains.(Swedish) |
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| The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat |
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| The way to a man's heart is through his stomach |
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| The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. |
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| There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream |
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| There are none so blind as those, that will not see |
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| There but for the grace of God, go I | I too, like someone seen to have suffered misfortune, might have suffered a similar fate, but for God's mercy
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| There is no failure for the good and the wise |
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| There is no place like home |
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| There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved |
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| there's a first time for everything |
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| there's a sucker born every minute |
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| There's a time and a place for everything |
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| There's always more fish in the sea |
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| There's an exception to every rule |
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| There's honour among thieves |
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| There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle |
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| There's more than one way to skin a cat |
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| There's no fool like an old fool |
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| There's no smoke without fire |
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| There's no such thing as a free lunch |
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| There's no time like the present |
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| There's none so blind as those who will not see |
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| There's none so deaf as those who will not hear |
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| there's one in every crowd |
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| They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind |
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| Things started on Friday are never finished |
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| Those we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not |
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| Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it |
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| Those who laugh a lot live longer |
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| Those who live in glass houses have to answer the door |
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| Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones |
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| Those who sleep with dogs, will rise with fleas |
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| Thought is the oil of the mind - worry is the acid that destroys it |
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| Time and tide wait for no man | No one is so powerful that they can stop the march of time
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| time flies when you're having fun |
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| time heals all wounds |
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| Time heals all wounds and wounds all heels |
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| Time is money |
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| Time is the enemy of men |
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| time waits for no man |
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| Time wounds all heels. |
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| to assume makes an ASS out of U and ME |
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| To err is human, to forgive divine |
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| To everything there is a season |
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| To get over a man get under another |
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| To live without loving is not really to live |
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| To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research. |
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| To the victor go the spoils |
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| Too many cooks spoil the broth |
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| Truth is not hard to kill but a lie well told is immortal | by Mark Twain
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| Truth is stranger than fiction |
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| Turn away the weary trader and your heart will turn to stone |
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| Two heads are better then one | Two people may be able to solve a problem that an individual cannot
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| Two wrongs don't make a right |
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| two's company, three's a crowd |
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| U is part of US |
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| Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown |
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| Unless you’re the lead dog, the view stays the same |
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| unlucky at cards, lucky in love |
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| Variety is the spice of life | The more experiences you try the more exciting life can be. Say this in front of your spouse to look smart when they catch you having an affair.
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| Virginity is like a soapbubble, one prick and it is gone. |
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| Virtue is its own reward |
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| Walk the shadows is to leave the light |
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| Walk the walk and talk the talk |
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| Walls have ears |
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| Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs |
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| Want what you have and you will have what you want |
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| War does not determine who is right - only who is left. |
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| Waste not want not |
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| waste not, want not |
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| Watch the pennies, the dollars will take care of themselves |
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| We are all in the same boat |
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| We have enough gun control. What we need is idiot control. |
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| We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope |
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| We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. |
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| Wear your heart on your sleeve |
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| What a tangled web we weave, when we practice to deceive |
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| What can't be cured must be endured |
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| What goes around comes around |
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| What goes up must come down |
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| What will be, will be |
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| What you don't know can't hurt you |
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| what you see is what you get |
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| Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger. |
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| whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger |
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| What's good for the goose is good for the gander |
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| when all else fails read the directions |
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| When all else fails....have another beer. |
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| When in doubt, just take the next small step |
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| When in Rome, do as the Romans do | It is polite, and possibly also advantageous, to abide by the customs of a society when one is a visitor
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| when in Rome, do as the Romans do |
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| When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer. |
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| When it rains it pours | When troubles come they come together. Since it rarely rains, when it does it will be a huge storm.
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| when it rains, it pours |
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| when life gives you lemons, make lemonade |
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| When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions |
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| When the cat is away the mice will play |
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| When the fox preaches watch your geese |
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| When the going gets tough, the tough get going |
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| When the lion is dead, the hares jump on his back.(Swedish) |
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| when you ASSUME, it makes an ASS out of U and ME. |
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| When you chase a shadow you run from the light |
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| When you got it, flaunt it |
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| When you lie down with dogs, you are going to get fleas |
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| When you lie with dogs you get fleas. |
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| When you play with fire, you're gonna get burned. |
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| when you start picking out people you start leaving people out |
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| When you’ re up to your ass in alligators, it’ s hard to remember that you came to drain the swamp |
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| When you’ve got a hammer, everything’ s a nail |
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| When your on your death bed you'd give anything for one more tick of the clock. |
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| Where there is no vision, the people perish |
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| Where there is smoke, there is fire |
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| Where there's a will there's a way |
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| Where there's muck there's brass |
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| Whether you think you can or think you can't - You are right |
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| While the tailor rests, the needle rusts |
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| While there's life there's hope |
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| While you live, tell truth and shame the devil |
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| Whistling children and cackling hen leave no room for gentlemen |
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| Whistling woman and crowing hen never come to a good end |
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| Whoever dies with the most toys wins |
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| Whom the Gods love die young |
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| why do today what you can put off 'til tomorrow |
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| WHY FART AND WASTE IT WHEN YOU CAN BURP AND TASTE IT? |
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| Winners never quit and quitters never win |
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| winning isn't everything |
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| Wish in one hand, shit in the other and see which fills up faster |
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| Wishing and hoping don't get you any toys on Christmas. |
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| With age comes wisdom |
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| Women may not hit harder, but they hit lower. |
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| Work and thou shalt have |
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| Worrying never did anyone any good |
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| You are never too old to learn |
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| You are only as good as your word |
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| You are such a good friend that if we were on a sinking ship together and there was only one life jacket... I'd miss you heaps and think of you often. |
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| You are what you eat | In order to stay healthy you must eat healthy foods.
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| You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar |
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| You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink | People, like horses, will only do what they have a mind to do
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| you can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think |
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| you can never be too rich or too blonde |
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| you can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose. |
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| You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't wipe your friends on your saddle. |
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| You can put sideburns on grandaddy, but that don't make him Elvis. |
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| You can tell a tree by the fruit it bears |
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| you can tell the men from the boys by the price of their toys |
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| You can’t have chicken salad without the chicken shit. |
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| You can't get blood from a turnip. |
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| You can't get blood out of a stone | You cannot extract what isn't there to begin with
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| you can't have your cake and eat it too |
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| You can't help anyone till you help yourself |
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| You can't judge a book by its cover | Decisions shouldn't be made primarily on appearance.
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| You can't learn to swim without getting in the water.(Swedish) |
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| You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear |
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| you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear |
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| You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs |
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| You can't mend a broken heart with a silver thread |
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| You can't polish a turd |
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| You can't put a bucket over a pig's head, it will just make him skittish. |
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| You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds |
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| you can't squeeze blood out of a turnip |
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| You can't squeeze turnip juice from a lemon |
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| You can't teach an old dog new tricks |
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| You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar |
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| You catch more flies with jam than you do with vinegar. |
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| You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree. |
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| you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet |
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| You have to give before you can get |
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| you have to separate the chaff from the wheat |
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| you have to stand for something or you'll fall for anything |
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| You must row with the oars that you have.(Swedish) |
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| you only live once |
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| You reap what you sow |
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| You throw filth on the living and flowers on the dead.(Swedish) |
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| Your about as useful as a cocky (bird) crap on a pump handle (Australian Rednecks) |
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| Your children get only on echildhood |
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| Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch. |
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| Youth is not a profession |
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| Youth is wasted on the young |
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| Youth looks ahead, old age looks back and middle age looks tired |
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