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English phrases popularly known as representations of common sense.
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- 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 chain is only as strong as its weakest link
- 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 moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips
- 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 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
- a woman's work is never done
- absence makes the heart grow fonder
- accidents will happen
- accidents will happen in the best regulated families
- actions speak louder than words
- 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
- all good things come to an end
- all is fish that comes to the net
- 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 coeptis
- Annuit cœptis
- another day, another dollar
- any port in a storm
- any press is good press
- 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
- ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer
- attack is the best form of defence
- attack is the best form of defense
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- 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
- behind every great man there stands a woman
- behind every successful man there stands a woman
- bet on the jockey, not the horse
- bet the jockey, not the horse
- 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
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- 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 darts
- close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
- clothes don't make the man
- clothes maketh the man
- cobbler, keep to your last
- 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