This document contains a collection of over 100 common proverbs and idiomatic expressions in English. It touches on themes such as friendship, honesty, industry, appearances, children, time, money, gossip, and more. Many of the phrases express warnings or advice based on past experiences.

1. A bird in the hand is
worth two in the bush.

2. Absence
makes the heart
grow

3. A constant guest
is never welcome.

4. Actions speak
louder than words.

5. A fault confessed
is half redressed.

6. A friend in need
is a friend indeed.

7. A hungry man
is an angry man.

8. A lie begets a lie
till they come
to generations.

9. A little bird…
…told me!

10. All cats are grey
in the dark.

11. All covet,
all lose.
Grasp all,
lose all.

12. All days are short to
Industry

13. All good things
must come to an

14. All is well
that ends well.

15. All things are
possible
with God.

16. All roads lead to
Rome.

17. All that glitters
is not gold.

18. All things come
to those who
can wait.

19. A man of
Silence
is
a man of
Sense.

20. A mouse
may be of service
to a lion.

21. An apple a day…
Keeps…
the doctor away!

22. An empty brain
is a devil's shop.

23. An eye for an eye,
a tooth for a tooth.

24. A penny saved is a
penny earned.

25. Anger and haste
hinder good counsel.

26. Any port
in a storm.

27. Appearances are
deceptive.

28. A promise
delayed is justice

29. A rolling stone
gathers no moss.

30. Ask no questions
and hear no lies.

31. A sleeping man is
not hungry.

32. As you sow,
so you reap.

33. I saw him as large
as life.

34. She’s as helpless
as a babe.

35. He was beating
around the bush.

36. She’s
at his beck and call.

37. Beauty
is in the eye
of the beholder.

38. He’s no genius!

39. Better be alone…
…than in bad

40. It’s better to be envied
than pitied.

41. Better flatter a
fool than fight

42. Better late
than never.

43. Better safe
than sorry.

44. Boys will be boys.

45. He was between the
devil and the deep
blue sea.

46. Birds of a feather
flock together.

47. Birds
of a
feather
flock
together

48. Brevity
is the soul of wit.

49. Burn not your
house to fright the
mouse away.

50. A burnt child
dreads fire.

51. Business
is
business.

52. By doing nothing,
we learn to be ill.

53. Carve every word
before you let it fall.

54. Caution is the
parent of safety.

55. Charity begins at
home.

56. Children and fools speak
the truth

57. Do unto
others as
you would
be done by.

58. Children are
what they are
made.

59. All good things
must come
to an end

60. Curiosity killed the
cat

61. Children should
be seen and not
heard

62. A closed
mouth catches no

63. A good name
is worth more
than wealth.

64. A good
conscience is a

65. Don't count your
chickens before
they hatch

66. Early bird catches
the worm

67. Early to bed,
early to rise
makes one healthy,
wealthy and wise”

68. Empty vessels
make most sound

69. Every cloud has a
silver lining

70. A bad workman
blames his tools

71. I see eye to eye
with him

72. As is the
workman so is the
work.

73. It’s a shot in the
dark.

74. Don't put the cart
before the horse

75. Don't put all your
eggs in one

76. It’s a cock-and-bull
story

77. A lot of water has
passed under the
bridge.

78. A golden key
can open any
door.

79. Add pence to pence,
for wealth comes
hence.

80. Arrogance is a weed
that grows mostly
on a dunghill.

81. They’re always
in the mainstream.

82. All is for the best
in the best
of all
possible
worlds.

83. Appetite comes
with eating.

84. Good walls make
good neighbours

85. As a duck
takes to water

86. The grass is always
greener

87. haste makes waste

88. He who laughs
last, laughs

89. Never judge a
book
by its cover

90. He who
lives by
the sword
dies by
the sword

91. he who pays the
piper calls the
tune

92. honesty is the best
policy

93. kill two birds with
one stone

94. a leopard can't
change his spots

95. let sleeping dogs lie

96. lightning never
strikes twice (in the
same place)

97. like father, like son
= A chip off the
old block

98. little pitchers have
big ears

99. A good
example
is the
best
sermon.

100. a live dog is better
than a dead lion

101. lock the barn door
after the horse is
stolen

102. love is blind

103. love me, love my dog

104. money doesn't grow
on trees

105. money is the root of
all evil

106. the more the merrier

107. necessity is the
mother of invention

108. never look a gift
horse in the mouth

109. no news is good
news

110. no smoke without
fire

111. no use crying over
spilled/spilt milk

112. fat is in the fire

113. first time for
everything

114. give (someone) an
inch and they will
take a mile

118. By the skin of her
teeth.