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English Idioms and other figures of speech

Aph, Cph, Pvb, SPh (as of 20190228)

Aphorisms: a chain is only as strong as its weakest link; all cats are gray at night; all cats are gray in the dark; all cats are grey at night; all cats are grey by night; all cats are grey in the dark; any press is good press; better late than never; clothes don't make the man; heaven helps those who help themselves; hindsight is 20/20; if it ain't broke, don't fix it; ignorance is bliss; leave well enough alone; live life to the fullest; never change a running system; size matters; something is rotten in the state of Denmark; twenty-twenty hindsight
Catch phrases: accidentally on purpose; act one's age; age before beauty; all your base are belong to us; different strokes; get off of someone's cloud; I see, said the blind man; take the flak
Proverbs: Appendix:English proverbs; a bad penny always comes back; a bad penny always turns up; a bad tree does not yield good apples; a bad workman always blames his tools; a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; a buck is a buck; a buck is a buck is a buck; a buck's a buck; a buck's a buck's a buck; a burnt child dreads the fire; a camel is a horse designed by a committee; a camel is a horse made by a committee; a cat can look at a king; a cat in gloves catches no mice; a cat may look at a king; a change is as good as a rest; a closed mouth catches no flies; a closed mouth gathers no feet; a contented mind is a perpetual feast; a creaking door hangs long on its hinges; a creaking door hangs longest; a danger foreseen is half avoided; a drowning man will clutch at a straw; a dumb priest never got a parish; a fault confessed is half redressed; a fool and his money are soon parted; a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds; a friend in need is a friend indeed; a golden key can open any door; a good beginning makes a good ending; a good deed is its own reward; a hit dog will holler; a house divided against itself cannot stand; a house is not a home; a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step; a leopard cannot change its spots; a lie has no legs; a little knowledge is a dangerous thing; a man is known by the company he keeps; a man's home is his castle; a mind is a terrible thing to waste; a miss is as good as a mile; a new broom sweeps clean; a new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners; a nod is as good as a wink; a penny saved is a penny earned; a penny saved is a penny gained; a picture is worth a thousand words; a picture paints a thousand words; a poison tree bears poison fruit; a problem shared is a problem halved; a promise is a promise; a promise made is a promise kept; a quick drop and a sudden stop; a revolution is not a dinner party; a rising tide lifts all boats; a rolling stone gathers no moss; a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor; a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down; a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down; a stick in a bundle cannot be broken; a stick in a bundle can't be broken; a stick in a bundle is unbreakable; a stitch in time saves nine; a stopped clock is right twice a day; a twig in a bundle cannot be broken; a twig in a bundle can't be broken; a twig in a bundle is unbreakable; a watched kettle never boils; a watched pot never boils; a wild goose never laid a tame egg; absence makes the heart grow fonder; accidents will happen; accidents will happen in the best regulated families; actions speak louder than words; all good things come to an end; all or none; all politics are local; all politics is local; all roads lead to Mecca; all roads lead to Rome; all that glisters is not gold; all that glitters is not gold; all the world's a stage; all things come to those who wait; all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; all's fair in love and war; all's well that ends well; almost doesn't count; an apple a day keeps the doctor away; an army marches on its stomach; an Englishman's home is his castle; an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind; an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure; an ounce of prevention is better than an ounce of cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; Annuit cœptis; another day, another dollar; any port in a storm; appearances are deceptive; April showers bring May flowers; art is long, life is short; as a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly; as one door closes, another opens; as you make your bed, so you must lie in it; as you sow, so shall you reap; attack is the best form of defence; bad money drives out good; bad news travels fast; bad things come in threes; barking dogs never bite; barking dogs seldom bite; beauty is in the eye of the beholder; beauty is only skin deep; beggars can't be choosers; better an egg today than a hen tomorrow; better dead than red; better dead than Red; better Dead than Red; better safe than sorry; better the devil you know; better the devil you know than the devil you don't; better the devil you know than the devil you don't know; better the devil you know than the one you don't; better the devil you know than the one you don't know; better to light a candle than to curse the darkness; better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness; better to light one candle than to curse the darkness; beware of Greeks bearing gifts; bi now, gay later; big things come in small packages; bird in the hand; birds of a feather flock together; birds of the feather flock together; blood is thicker than water; boys will be boys; brevity is the soul of wit; bros before hoes; bros before hos; business before pleasure; buy cheap, buy twice; buy low, sell high; buy when it snows and sell when it goes; buy when it snows, sell when it goes; Caesar's wife must be above suspicion; cannot live with them, cannot live without them; can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em; can't live with them and can't live without them; can't live with them, can't live without them; care killed the cat; carpe diem; carpe diem cras; caveat lector; charity begins at home; cheaters never prosper; cheats never prosper; chicks before dicks; children should be seen and not heard; Christmas comes but once a year; claret would be port if it could; claw me, claw thee; clogs to clogs in three generations; close only counts in horseshoes; close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades; cold hands, warm heart; cool heads must prevail; cool heads prevail; cool heads will prevail; cooler heads must prevail; cooler heads prevail; cooler heads will prevail; crime doesn't pay; cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye; curiosity killed the cat; curses, like chickens, come home to roost; dance with the one that brought ya; dance with the one that brought you; dance with the one that brung ya; dance with the one that brung you; dance with the one what brought ya; dance with the one what brought you; dance with the one what brung ya; dance with the one what brung you; dance with the one who brought ya; dance with the one who brought you; dance with the one who brung ya; dance with the one who brung you; dead men can tell no tales; dead men tell no tales; desperate times call for desperate measures; desperate times require desperate measures; devil is in the details; devil lies in the details; diamonds are a girl's best friend; different strokes for different folks; discretion is the better part of valor; discretion is the better part of valour; do as I say, not as I do; do unto others as you would have them do unto you; doctors make the worst patients; does Macy's tell Gimbel's; don't change a winning team; don't count your chickens before the eggs have hatched; don't count your chickens before they're hatched; don't cry over spilled milk; don't dip your pen in company ink; don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly; don't drop the soap; don't get your meat where you get your bread; don't hate the player, hate the game; don't judge a book by its cover; don't keep a dog and bark yourself; don't look a gift horse in the mouth; don't put all your eggs in one basket; don't shit in your own nest; don't shit where you eat; don't shoot the messenger; don't sweat the small stuff; don't take any wooden nickels; don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs; e pluribus unum; each to his own; early bird catches the worm; early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise; easy come, easy go; eat to live, not live to eat; eat, drink and be merry; eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die; eaten bread is soon forgotten; empty vessels make the most sound; enough is as good as a feast; even a blind pig can find an acorn; even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while; even Homer nods; even Jove nods; every cloud has a silver lining; every dark cloud has a silver lining; every day is a school day; every dog has his day; every dog has its day; every dog must have his day; every dog must have its day; every Jack has his Jill; every king needs a queen; every law has its loophole; every little bit helps; every little helps; every man has a price; every man is the architect of his own fortune; every rose has a thorn; every rose has its thorn; every rule has an exception; every shut eye isn't asleep; every silver lining has a cloud; experience is the best teacher; eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; fair exchange is no robbery; faith will move mountains; familiarity breeds contempt; feed a cold, starve a fever; finders, keepers; finders, keepers; losers, weepers; fine feathers make fine birds; fine words butter no parsnips; first catch your hare; first come, first served; fish and company stink after three days; fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me; fools rush in where angels fear to tread; forbidden fruit is the sweetest; forewarned is forearmed; forewarned, forearmed; fortune favors the bold; fortune favors the brave; fortune favours the bold; fortune favours the brave; garbage in, garbage out; genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration; give a man a fish; give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime; give him enough rope and he'll hang himself; give someone an inch and they'll take a mile; give them an inch and they'll take a mile; give them an inch and they'll take an ell; given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow; go hard or go home; God helps them that help themselves; God helps them who help themselves; God helps those who help themselves; God is in the detail; God works in mysterious ways; good fences make good neighbors; good fences make good neighbours; good things come to those who wait; good wine needs no bush; grasp all, lose all; great haste makes great waste; great minds; great minds think alike; great oaks from little acorns grow; half a loaf is better than no bread; half a loaf is better than no loaf; half a loaf is better than none; handsome is as handsome does; handsome is that handsome does; haste makes waste; haters gonna hate; he that mischief hatches, mischief catches; he who can, does, he who cannot, teaches; he who digs a pit for others, falls in himself; he who laughs last laughs best; he who laughs last laughs hardest; he who pays the piper calls the tune; he who smelt it dealt it; he who sups with the devil should have a long spoon; heaven helps those that help themselves; hell hath no fury like a woman scorned; here today, gone tomorrow; hic Rhodus, hic salta; history repeats itself; home is where the heart is; home is where you hang your hat; honesty is the best policy; honey catches more flies than vinegar; hope springs eternal; hope springs eternal in the human breast; hunger is a good sauce; hunger is the best sauce; hunger is the best spice; hunt where the ducks are; hydrate or diedrate; IAR; idle hands are the devil's playthings; idle hands are the Devil's playthings; idle hands are the devil's tools; idle hands are the Devil's tools; idle hands are the devil's workshop; idle hands are the Devil's workshop; if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail; if at first you don't succeed; if at first you don't succeed, try try again; if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck; if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle; if my grandmother had balls, she'd be my granddad; if my sister had balls, she'd be my brother; if my uncle had tits, he'd be my aunt; if pigs had wings they would fly; if the mountain won't come to Muhammad; if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain; if there's grass on the field, play ball; if there's grass on the pitch, play ball; if we had ham we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs; if we had some ham we could have some ham and eggs, if we had some eggs; if wishes were horses, beggars would ride; if you can't beat them, join them; if you can't do the time, don't do the crime; if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen; if you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging; if you fly with the crows, you get shot with the crows; if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas; if you lie with dogs you will get fleas; if you mess with the bull, you get the horns; if you pay bananas, you get monkeys; if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys; if you torture the data long enough, it will confess to anything; if you want a thing done well, do it yourself; ignore all rules; ill news spreads apace; in for a dime, in for a dollar; in for a penny, in for a pound; in for an inch, in for a mile; in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; in the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; in unity, there is strength; in vino veritas; in wine, there is truth; it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings; it ain't over till the fat lady sings; it ain't the meat, it's the motion; it ain't the whistle that pulls the train; it is a wise child that knows his own father; it is all fun and games until someone loses an eye; it is always darkest before the dawn; it is always darkest just before the dawn; it is darkest before the dawn; it is darkest just before the dawn; it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God; it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog; it is not the whistle that pulls the train; it is what it is; it isn't the whistle that pulls the train; it never rains but it pours; it never rains but that it pours; it pays to advertise; it takes a heap o' livin' to make a house a home; it takes a heap of living to make a house a home; it takes a lot of living to make a house a home; it takes all kinds; it takes all kinds to make a world; it takes all sorts; it takes all sorts to make a world; it takes one to know one; it takes two to make a quarrel; it takes two to quarrel; it takes two to tango; it took Nixon to go to China; it's a long road that has no turning; it's an ill bird that fouls its own nest; it's an ill wind; it's an ill wind that blows no good; it's an ill wind that blows no one any good; it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good; it's better to ask forgiveness than permission; it's never too late to mend; it's not the meat, it's the motion; it's not the whistle that pulls the train; it's not what you know but who you know; it's the hit dog that howls; it's the thought that counts; judge not, that ye be not judged; judge not, that you be not judged; justice delayed is justice denied; justice is blind; keep your friends close, and your enemies closer; kids will be kids; know thyself; knowing is half the battle; knowledge is power; ladies first; laughter is the best medicine; least said, soonest mended; leave with the one that brought ya; leave with the one that brung ya; leave with the one that brung you; leave with the one what brought ya; leave with the one what brought you; leave with the one what brung ya; leave with the one what brung you; leave with the one who brought ya; leave with the one who brought you; leave with the one who brung ya; leave with the one who brung you; leaves of three, let it be; less is more; let a thousand flowers bloom; lex dubia non obligat; life is like a box of chocolates; life is not all beer and skittles; life is short; life's a bitch and then you die; lightning never strikes twice in the same place; like father like son; like father, like son; like mother, like daughter; little pitchers have big ears; little pitchers have long ears; little strokes fell great oaks; live and let live; live by the sword, die by the sword
Set phrases: all in all; all of a sudden; all of the sudden; one day; sooner or later

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