200 Commonly-Used Proverbs

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  1. A stitch ___ time saves nine.

  2. All good things must come to an ___.

  3. All is fair in love ___ war.

  4. All roads lead ___ Rome.

  5. All that glitters is ___ gold.

  6. Cleanliness is next ___ godliness.

  7. Crime does ___ pay.

  8. Curiosity killed ___ cat.

  9. Dead men have ___ friends.

  10. Dead men tell ___ tales.

  11. Death is the ___ leveler.

  12. Diligence is the mother of ___ fortune.

  13. Discretion is the better part ___ valor.

  14. Divide ___ rule.

  15. Do as I say, and ___ as I do.

  16. Do not wear out ___ welcome.

  17. Do unto others as you would like ___ to do unto you.

  18. Don't count your chickens ___ they are hatched.

  19. Don't cut off your nose to spite ___ face.

  20. Don't put all your eggs in ___ basket.

  21. Don't wash ___ dirty linen in public.

  22. Early to bed and early to ___, make a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

  23. Easier said ___ done.

  24. Every bird loves to ___ himself sing.

  25. Every dog ___ his day.

  26. Every family has a skeleton ___ the cupboard.

  27. Every man ___ his faults.

  28. Every man ___ his price.

  29. Every man ___ his own worst enemy.

  30. Every picture tells a ___.

  31. Experience is the ___ teacher.

  32. Experience is the mother ___ wisdom.

  33. Failure ___ success.

  34. Faith will ___ mountains

  35. Don't go near the water until you learn ___ to swim.

  36. All the world ___ a lover.

  37. All work and no play makes Jack a dull ___.

  38. All's well that ends ___.

  39. An apple a ___ keeps the doctor away.

  40. Appearances ___ deceptive.

  41. April showers brings ___ flowers.

  42. As soon as man is born ___ begins to die.

  43. As you make your bed, so must ___ lie in it.

  44. As you sow, so shall ___ reap.

  45. Ask no questions and hear ___ lies.

  46. Bad news travels ___.

  47. Barking ___ seldom bite.

  48. Beauty is ___ skin-deep.

  49. Beggars can't ___ choosers.

  50. Better late ___ never.

  51. Better ___ safe than sorry.

  52. Better die with honor than live ___ shame.

  53. Better the devil you know ___ the devil you don't know.

  54. Better to ___ alone than in bad company.

  55. Birds ___ a feather flock together.

  56. Blood ___ thicker than water.

  57. Boys will ___ boys.

  58. Business ___ pleasure.

  59. Business ___ business.

  60. Charity begins ___ home.

  61. Goodness is better ___ beauty.

  62. Great minds ___ alike.

  63. He is the ___ general who makes the fewest mistakes.

  64. He that is master of himself, will soon be master of ___.

  65. He that ___ nothing, doubts nothing.

  66. He that plants a tree plants ___ posterity.

  67. It takes ___ to tango.

  68. Jack of ___ trades, master of none.

  69. Keep your mouth shut and your ___ open.

  70. Laughter is the ___ medicine.

  71. Let bygones ___ bygones.

  72. Let sleeping dogs ___.

  73. Let ___ buyer beware.

  74. Let the dead ___ their dead.

  75. Life is just a ___ of cherries.

  76. Lightning never strikes ___ in the same place.

  77. Like father, like ___.

  78. Like mother, like ___.

  79. Live ___ learn.

  80. Live and ___ live

  81. Look after number ___.

  82. He who hesitates ___ lost.

  83. Honesty is the ___ policy.

  84. If a job's worth doing, it's worth ___ well.

  85. Ignorance ___ bliss.

  86. Ignorance of the law excuses ___ man.

  87. In for a penny, ___ for a pound.

  88. It is ___ to be on the safe side.

  89. It is no use crying ___ spilt milk.

  90. It never rains, but ___ pours.

  91. Christmas comes but ___ a year.

  92. Actions speak louder ___ words.

  93. After a storm comes ___ calm.

  94. A ___ penny always turns up.

  95. A bird in the hand is worth ___ in the bush.

  96. A chain is no stronger than its weakest ___.

  97. A woman's place is in the ___.

  98. A woman's ___ is never done.

  99. Absence makes the heart ___ fonder.

  100. Familiarity ___ contempt.

  101. Fear is stronger ___ love.

  102. Fear of death is worse ___ death itself.

  103. Fight fire ___ fire.

  104. Finders keepers, ___ weepers.

  105. First come, ___ served.

  106. First things ___.

  107. First think, and ___ speak.

  108. Fools rush ___ where angels fear to tread.

  109. Garbage in, garbage___.

  110. Give credit ___ credit is due.

  111. Give him an inch and he'll ___ a yard.

  112. Give ___ devil his due.

  113. God helps them ___ help themselves.

  114. Look before ___ leap.

  115. Look on ___ bright side.

  116. Love conquers ___.

  117. Love ___ blind.

  118. Love makes the ___ go round.

  119. Love sees ___ faults.

  120. Love will ___ a way.

  121. Make hay while the ___ shines.

  122. Man cannot ___ by bread alone.

  123. Many hands ___ light work.

  124. Marriages ___ made in heaven.

  125. Might ___ right.

  126. Mind your ___ business.

  127. Money is the root of ___ evil.

  128. Money ___ everything.

  129. Good fences ___ good neighbors.

  130. A fool and his money ___ soon parted.

  131. A friend in need is a ___ indeed.

  132. A man is known by ___ friends.

  133. A man is known by the company ___ keeps.

  134. A man's home ___ his castle.

  135. A rolling stone gathers ___ moss.

  136. Necessity is the ___ of invention.

  137. Never judge ___ appearances.

  138. Never ___ a gift horse in the mouth.

  139. Never ___ your liquor.

  140. Never ___ die.

  141. Never speak ___ of the dead.

  142. Never too ___ to learn.

  143. Never too late ___ repent.

  144. Old habits ___ hard.

  145. Old soldiers never ___, they simply fade away.

  146. One ___ turn deserves another.

  147. One man's loss is another man's ___.

  148. Opportunity seldom knocks ___.

  149. Out of sight, ___ of mind.

  150. Patience ___ a virtue.

  151. Penny wise, ___ foolish.

  152. Practice ___ perfect.

  153. Practice what ___ preach.

  154. Prevention is better ___ cure.

  155. Rain, rain, go away, come ___ another day.

  156. Rats desert a sinking ___.

  157. Revenge ___ sweet.

  158. Robbing Peter ___ pay Paul.

  159. No man can serve ___ masters.

  160. No man ___ indispensable.

  161. No news ___ good news.

  162. No pain, ___ gain.

  163. Nothing is certain ___ death and taxes.

  164. Nothing succeeds ___ success.

  165. Nothing ventured, ___ gained.

  166. Scratch my back and ___ scratch yours.

  167. Seeing ___ believing.

  168. Silence ___ golden.

  169. Something is better ___ nothing.

  170. Spare the rod and spoil ___ child.

  171. Speak when you ___ spoken to.

  172. The end justifies ___ means.

  173. The female of the species is more deadly than the ___.

  174. The ___ step is the hardest.

  175. The grass is always greener on the ___ side of the fence.

  176. The last straw breaks the camel's ___.

  177. The more one knows, the ___ one believes.

  178. The more you get, the more you ___.

  179. The pot calls the kettle ___.

  180. There's a black sheep in ___ flock.

  181. There's no fool like an ___ fool.

  182. There's no place ___ home.

  183. There's no ___ without fire.

  184. There's one law for the rich, and another for the ___.

  185. The proof of the pudding ___ in the eating.

  186. There are only twenty-four hours in a ___.

  187. There are two sides to ___ question.

  188. There is a time and a place ___ everything.

  189. There ___ no honor among thieves.

  190. There is more than one ___ to skin a cat.

  191. There is safety ___ numbers.

  192. Still waters run ___.

  193. Strike while the iron is ___.

  194. Sweet things are ___ for the teeth.

  195. The best ___ first.

  196. The best of friends ___ part.

  197. The best things in life are ___.

  198. The bigger they are, the ___ they fall.

  199. The burnt ___ dreads the fire.

  200. The early bird catches ___ worm.