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1. A little leak will sink a ship

2. A man in debt is caught in a net.
3. All is not gold that glitters.
4. A closed mouth catches no flies.
5. A bad thing is dear at any price.
6. A stitch in time saves nine.
7. A tree is known by its fruits.
8. A foolish question requires no answer.
9. A word enough to the wise.
10. A liar should have a good memory.
11. After Christmas comes Lent.
12. Appetite comes while eating.
13. As long as you give me bread, you may call
me a fool.
14. As a dog with two tails.
15. All things come for the best.
16. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
17. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
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18. Better one word in time than two afterwards.
19. Better late than never.
20. By the skin of his teeth.
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21. Charity begins at home.
22. Carelessness brings its punishment.
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23. Deeds are fruits, words are leaves.
24. Despise not a small wound, a poor kinsman,
or a humble enemy.
25. Do your duty comes what may.
26. Do good no matter to whom.
27. Dogs that bark don't bite.
28. Do you pay my bill?
29. Deaf as an adder.
30. Deaf - and - dumb-deaf - mute.
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31. Escape with the skin of her teeth.
32. Every dog has his day.
33. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man
healthy wealthy and wise.
34. Every body's friend is nobody's friend.
35. Every one to their task.
36. Every day is not a holiday.
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37. Faint heart never won fair lady.
38. False friends are worse than open enemies.
39. Frequent the good, and you will be good.
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40. Good wine needs no bush.
41. Give every body thy ear, but few thy voice.
42. Good temper oils the wheels of life.
43. Good words and no deeds are rushes and reeds.
44. Good fishing in troubled water.
45. Grasp all, lose all.
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46. He is old, but he wears the years well.
47. He is worn to a shadow.
48. He who loses money loses much: he who lo­
ses a friend loses more: he who loses
courage, loses all.
49. Half an hour too soon is better than a minu­
te too late.
50. Have a place for everything, and put every­
thing in its place.
51. Help yourself and God will help you.
52. He was a little too big for his boots.
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53. If every fool were crowned, we should all be
kings.
54. Ignorance is the mother of impudence.
55. It is not the cowl that makes the friar.
56. If you sow thorns, you will not reap rose.
57. Idleness is the root of all evil.
58. It is raining cats and dogs.
59. I cannot tax my memory.
60. It is a very different thing.
61. In union there is strength.
62. It serves you right.
63. If you don't succeed the first time, try, try
again.
64. Idleness in youth brings sorrow in old age.
65. I would no be in his skin of teeth.
66. If you are cold, TEA will warm you.
If you are too heated, it will cool you.
If you are depressed, it will cheer you.
If you are excited, it will calm you.
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67. Let sleeping dogs lie.
68. Little strokes fell great oaks.
69. Love truth, and always remember, that a liar
is a coward.
70. Look before you leap.
71. Like master like man.
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72. Many hands make light work.
73. Much "ado", but nothing.
74. Men make houses, but women make homes.
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75. No rose without a thorn.
76. None is so deaf as he who won't hear.
77. Never put off till tomorrow what you can
do today.
78. Never intrude where you are not asked.
79. Not by getting up very early, does the sun
rise sooner.
80. Never let your right hand know what your
left hand is doing.
81. Never count your chickens before they are
hatched.
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82. Out of sight out of mind.
83. One nail drives out another.
84. One bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush.
85. One swallow does not make the spring.
 86. Old friends and old wine are best.
87. Obey your parents cheerfully and at once.
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88. Procrastination is the thief of time.
89. Punctuality is the soul of business.
90. Passed water grind no mill.
91. Prevention is better than cure.
92. Pour oil in the flames.
93. Patience and perseverance are parents of
success.
94. Practice makes perfect.
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95. Render unto Cesar that, which is Cesar's.
96. Rome was not built in a day.
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97. Speech is silver, silence is golden.
98. Saying and doing are two different things.
99. Slander always leaves something behind.
100. Still waters run deep.
101. Spend the time as well as posible.
102. Smear yourself with honey, and you will be
devoured by flies.
103. Save your pennies, and your pounds will
take care of themselves.
104. Somebody is following on our heels.
105. Sow wind and reap whirlwind.

106. Tell me the company you keep, and I will

tell you what you are.
107. The best physicians are Doctor Quiet. Doc­
tor Diet and Doctor Merryman.
108. The nobler the blood, the less the pride.
109. The best sauce is hunger.
110. The pear falls when it is ripe.
111. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
112. The opp ortunity is painted bald.
113. The devil is not so ugly as they paint him.
114. The deceiver is often deceived.
115. Those that dance must pay the piper.
116. There is a skeleton in every cupboard.
117. There is many "a slip" between the cup
and the lip.
118. Time is money.
119. Time smooths everything.
120. Time and tide wait for no man.
121. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
122. To err is human, to forgive is divine.
123. To meet with one‘s match.
124. To paint the town red.
125. To break up in disorder.
126. To hope is to despair.
127. To be crest fallen.
128. To build castles in Spain.
129. To stick the sheets to one.
130. To sugar the pill.
131. To take one for a fool.
132. To be moon struck.
133. To be in the air.
134. To be like dogs and cats.
135. To lock the stable door after the horse has
been stolen.
136. To dot one's Is and cross one's Ts.
137. To sleep like a top.
138. To beat about the bush.
139. To be between the devil and the deep sea.
140. To put one's foot in it.
141. To drop one's H's.
142. To stand the hair on end.
143. To live in the air.
144. To beat about the bush.
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145. Wishes never fill a bag.
146. Who swells in prosperity will shrink in
adversity.
147. Where there's a will, there's a way.
148. What is good occupies small place.
149. Watched pot never boils.
150. Without pains no gains.
151. Words are silver, but silence is gold.
152. When the candles are away, all cats are
gray.
153. What is done, cannot be helped.
154. What is said, cannot be recalled.
155. When the cause is removed, the effects dis­
appear.
156. When your neighbour's house is on fire,
look to your own.
157. Wisdom is better than strength.
158. When the cat is away, the mice will play.
.159. Water dropping day by day wears the har­
dest rock away.
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160. You cannot expect an old head upon young
shoulders.
161. You must not look a gift horse in the mouth.
162. You can be lonely in a crowd.
163. You must not teach an old dog how to bark.
164. You can't teach you grandmother how to
suck eggs.
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TONGUE TWISTERS

1. She sells seashells on the sea shore.

2. Peter Piper picked a peck of pepper corn.
3. Round and round the rugged rock the ragged
rascal ran.
4. Which is the right Ipswich switch, it is the
Ipswich switch which I wish.