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only game in town. - To plow a lonely furrow.
showers bring May flowers. - April showers bring forth May flowers.
Too much is unhealthy. - Enough is as good as a feast. Old trees should
not be transplanted. - What can not teach an old dog new tricks.
Age does not protect from foolishness. - There's no fool like an old fool.
also a piece of the pie. - To get on the gravy train.
be on the decline. - To be going downhill.
be on the wrong track. - To bark up the wrong tree.
sit on hot coals. - To be like a cat on hot bricks.
Pride comes before a fall. - Pride comes before the fall.
blind haste, less speed. - Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Since you something nice you've brewed. - You have really let yourself in for it there.
That goes through my mind. - That's way over my head. That's beyond me.
This is money thrown away. - That's throwing good money after bad.
The glow of his eyes spoke volumes. - The light in his eye spoke volumes.
Your wish is my command. - Your wish is my command.
a chip off the old block. - An apple does not fall far from the tree. (U.S.)
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. - The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Dick apply. Serve with large spoon. - To lay something on with a trowel.
swallow the bitter pill. - To swallow the bitter pill.
let the cat out of the bag. - To let the cat out of the bag.
buy a pig in a poke. - To buy a pig in a poke.
look at the daisies. - To be pushing up the daisies.
The shards of happiness. - The shattered remains of our happiness.
stupid have always been lucky. - Fortune favors fools.
Ludo - More haste less speed.
shoot an own goal. - Score from own goal.
One hand washes the other. - One good turn deserves another.
well that ends well. - All's well that ends well.
He simply has not buckled. - He just did not click on it.
He has put itself in a precarious position. - He had let himself out on a limb.
He is just a cog in the machine. - He's only a cog in the machine. He does not fly
harm. - He would not hurt a fly.
weighed first, then dare. - Look before you leap.
It is not gold that glitters. - All that glitters is not gold.
friend in need walk a thousand to one lot. - A friend in need is a friend indeed.
fear that which you can not avoid. - It is foolish to fear That which you can not avoid. Burned children fear the
fire. - Once Bitten Twice Shy.
money is not everything. - Money is not everything.
Did I say something wrong - Have I spoken out of turn?
Here are the ghosts. - This is the parting of the ways.
dogs that bark do not bite. - His bark is worse than his bite.
I'm not a Croesus. - I'm not made of money.
I hang in the air. - I'm in sort of a limbo.
live in dreamland. - To live in a fool's paradise.
bite the bullet. - Bite the bullet.
Is the cat out of the house, dancing the mouse. - When the cat's away the mice will play.
Every Jack has his Jill. - Every Jack will find his Jill.
someone go on the clock. - Drive somebody up the wall.
someone make legs. - To make clear off somebody To make somebody get a move on.
someone put a stop to. - To put a stop to somebody's game.
someone put a leg. - To trip somebody up
someone back on their feet . Help - To help somebody back on his feet.
someone / something take a bead. - To draw a bead on somebody / something.
someone taking the mickey. Someone tying up a bear. - To pull somebody's leg sell
someone stupid. - To make a fool of somebody.
barely able to stand on its own feet. - To be hardly able to stay on one's feet.
a miss is as beside it. - A miss is as good as a mile.
Let's talk action. - Put your money where your mouth is. Better late than never
but better never late. - Better late than never, but better late never.
Locker make money. - To ride the gravy train.
Lies have short legs. - Truth will out.
Make up on your feet - Make tracks!
Make the fly - Beat it!
with both feet on the stand. - To have both feet on the ground.
With one foot in the grave. - To have one foot in the grave.
New brooms sweep better. - A new broom sweeps clean.
Nothing lasts forever. - All good things come to an end.
Take the legs under his arm. - Take to your heels. Without batting an eyelid
. - Without batting of eyelid. Without turning a hair.
Try it and see. - The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Speech is silver, silence is golden. - Speech is silver silence is gold.
pieces bring good luck. - Broken crockery brings you luck.
put yourself in the belt. - To put one's hand to the plow.
you fell down like flies. - They went down like ninepins.
Sing, who added vocals. - Not all who own a lyre are lyre-players.
Constant dripping wears away the stone. - Dripping hollows out rock.
not poke the hive. - Let sleeping dogs lie.
exchange is no robbery. - Fair exchange is no robbery.
full belly does not study much. - You can not study on a full stomach.
What the farmer knows that he does not eat. - You can not change the habits of a lifetime.
What you can do today, do not put off till tomorrow. - A stitch in time saves nine.
What I do not know, does not make me hot. - What the eye does not see the heart can not grieve over.
wine to beer, which I advise you; his beer to wine, leave. - First beer then wine is fine, but wine then beer, oh dear.
who digs a pit for another falls into it himself. - To be hoist with one's own petard.
him that hath shall be given. - Winner takes ave
Like father like son. - Like father like son.
What goes around, comes around. - Tit for tat.
win, vanished Sun - Easy come easy go.
How to bed, now lie in it. - You have made your bed, now you must lie on it.
knowledge is power. - Knowledge is power.
Where there's a will there's a way. - Where there is a will there is a way.
You can not teach an old dog new tricks. - The trees do not grow to the sky.
too many cooks spoil the broth. - Too many cooks spoil the broth (soup).
to reverse it's never too late. - It is never too late to mend.
two birds with one stone. - To kill two birds with one stone.
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