- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- A drop in the ocean
- A fate worse than death
- A friend in need is a friend indeed
- A golden key can open any door
- A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
- A leopard cannot change its spots
- A little bird told me
- A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
- A load of cobblers
- A nation of shopkeepers
- A nod is as good as a wink
- A penny for your thoughts
- A picture is worth a thousand words
- A place for everything and everything in its place
- A riddle wrapped up in an enigma
- A rolling stone gathers no moss
- A skeleton in the closet
- A sorry sight
- A stitch in time saves nine
- A thing of beauty is a joy forever
- A watched pot never boils
- A wolf in sheep’s clothing
- Absence makes the heart grow fonder
- Absolute power corrupts absolutely
- Act of God
- Actions speak louder than words
- Adversity makes strange bedfellows
- Age before beauty
- Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety
- All that glitters is not gold / All that glisters is not gold
- All things come to those who wait
- All’s fair in love and war
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away
- An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
- Another day, another dollar
- As fine as frog’s hair
- As fit as a butcher’s dog
- Ashes to ashes dust to dust
- Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer
- Attack is the best form of defence
- Bad money drives out good
- Barking up the wrong tree
- Beast with two backs
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Beggars can’t be choosers
- Bell the cat
- Better to be late than never
- Between the Devil and the deep blue sea
- Beyond a shadow of a doubt
- Big fish in a small pond
- Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite ’em
- Bill Stickers is innocent
- Bite the dust
- Black-on-black
- Black sheep of the family
- Blood toil tears and sweat
- Born within the sound of Bow Bells
- Brass monkey weather
- Bread always falls buttered side down
- Break the ice
- Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door
- Bun in the oven
- Burn the candle at both ends
- Burning the midnight oil
- By the skin of your teeth
- Call a spade a spade
- Canteen culture
- Carbon footprint
- Put the cart before the horse
- Cast the first stone
- Let the cat out of the bag
- Cat’s Cradle
- A chain is only as strong as its weakest link
- Chance would be a fine thing
- Children should be seen and not heard
- Cleanliness is next to godliness
- Count your chickens before they are hatched
- The course of true love never did run smooth
- Curiosity killed the cat
- Customer is always right
- Darkest hour is just before the dawn
- Dog is a man’s best friend
- Dog’s breakfast
- Don’t cast your pearls before swine
- Don’t change horses in midstream
- Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched
- Don’t keep a dog and bark yourself
- Don’t shut the stable door after the horse has bolted
- Don’t throw good money after bad
- Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater
- Don’t try to teach your Grandma to suck eggs
- East, west, home’s best
- Failing to plan is planning to fail
- Fair exchange is no robbery
- Faith will move mountains
- Famous for fifteen minutes
- For everything there is a season
- Forgive them for they know not what they do
- Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration
- Get your goat
- Good man is hard to find
- Good things come to those that wait
- Great minds think alike
- Half a loaf is better than no bread
- Hard cases make bad law
- Haste makes waste
- He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon
- Hit the nail on the head
- Hold your horses
- Honesty is the best policy
- Honey catches more flies than vinegar
- House divided against itself cannot stand
- How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child
- I have not slept one wink
- I spy with my little eye
- I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
- If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain
- If wishes were horses, beggars would ride
- If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
- Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
- Innocent until proven guilty
- It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
- It’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness
- It’s not rocket science
- Jack of all trades, master of none
- Keep your nose to the grindstone
- Know which side your bread is buttered
- Know which way the wind blows
- Lamb to the slaughter
- Last but not least
- Laugh like a drain
- The law is an ass
- Left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing
- Let sleeping dogs lie
- Like a moth to a flame
- Like being savaged by a dead sheep
- Little knowledge is a dangerous thing
- Little pitchers have big ears
- Look before you leap
- Loose lips sink ships
- Man does not live by bread alone
- Many are called but few are chosen
- Marry in haste, repent at leisure
- Men’s evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water
- Mighty oaks from little acorns grow
- Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows
- More haste, less speed
- Mutton dressed as lamb
- Necessity is the mother of invention
- Neither a borrower nor a lender be
- Not by a long chalk
- Nothing is certain but death and taxes
- Once bitten, twice shy
- Once in a blue moon
- One hand washes the other
- One swallow doesn’t make a summer
- Out of sight, out of mind
- Penny wise and pound foolish
- A Plague on both your houses
- Pour oil on troubled waters
- Pride comes before a fall
- Put your nose out of joint
- Religion is the opium of the people
- Revenge is a dish best served cold
- See a pin and pick it up, all the day you’ll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you’ll have all day
- Seek and you shall find
- Separate the sheep from the goats
- A sledge hammer to crack a nut
- Speak softly and carry a big stick
- Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves
- That’s one small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind
- The ants are my friends, they’re blowing in the wind
- The apple never falls far from the tree
- The blind leading the blind
- The Female of the species is more deadly than the male
- The child is father to the man
- The Devil has all the best tunes
- The Devil makes work for idle hands to do
- The moving finger writes
- The wrong end of the stick
- The pen is mightier than the sword
- The proof of the pudding is in the eating
- The road to hell is paved with good intentions
- The shoemaker always wears the worst shoes
- The sky’s the limit
- The straw that broke the camel’s back
- There is more than one way to kill a cat
- There’s no fool like an old fool
- They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance
- A Thing of beauty is a joy forever
- Till the cows come home
- Time and tide wait for no man
- To err is human; to forgive divine
- To gild refined gold, to paint the lily
- To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive
- Tomorrow is another day
- Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
- Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things
- Wave a red rag to a bull
- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers
- We have seen better days
- We know where you live
- Wear your heart on your sleeve
- When in Rome, do as the Romans do
- Why does bread always fall butter side down?
- Why should the Devil have all the best tunes?
- You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
- You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink
- You can’t get blood out of a stone
- You can’t teach an old dog new tricks
- Your days are numbered.
