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within your income; don't be too ambitious in your plans.

      All's fish that comes the net.

      When something comes our way we should consider how it might be useful or benefit us.

      An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

      It means that apples are so nutritious they keep you in the peak of health.

      Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

      What is beautiful to one person may not be beautiful to others.

      Beggars can't be choosers.

      Someone in need should be grateful for what is given to him – even if it's not what he wants or expects.

      The blind leading the blind.

      A person helping or advising someone knows as little about the subject as the person who is being advised.

      Burn the candle at both ends.

      Those who are always busy and seem to get little rest.

      Buy a pig in a poke.

      Buy something without examining it for faults or checking to see if they are really getting what they believe they have purchased.

      Children should be seen and not heard.

      To stop a child from asking questions, talking, or making unnecessary noise.

      Christmas comes but once each year.

      It is used as an excuse to indulge in food and drink and spend money during the Christmas season.

      (Don't) Cry over spilled (spilt) milk.

      It's pointless to get upset or feel regret about a loss or mistake that can't be undone.

      Curiosity killed the cat.

      To warn people not to show too much interest in affairs that don't concern them.

      Cut off your nose to spite your face.

      When people are dissatisfied or angry, they sometimes react by doing foolish things that prove harmful to themselves.

      The devil finds work for idle hands.

      Unless one keeps busy doing useful or constructive things he could be tempted into mischief or evil.

      Fling/throw mud at someone.

      To say evil or bad things about someone and in doing so, to damage his or her reputation.

      A fool and his money are soon parted.

      A person who spends his money foolishly will soon be penniless

      Give someone enough rope and he will hang himself.

      If we allow someone to continue in his bad ways he'll eventually bring about his own downfall or ruin.

      Grin and bear it.

      To put up with discomfort or a bad situation without complaining.

      He who pays the piper calls the tune.

      The person who pays for something has the right to do as he wants.

      Hide your light under a bushel.

      Concealing your talents, skills or abilities.

      Home is where the heart is.

      No matter where you are, 'home' is where you feel most comfortable and content.

      If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

      If we could get all the things we wanted just by making a wish, everyone would have all he ever wanted.

      If you can't lick them, join them.

      If you cannot defeat an opponent or get him to change his ideas, plans or way of doing things, the best thing is to change your ideas, plans, etc.

      In for a penny, in for a pound.

      If we decide to do something, we should commit ourselves to it boldly and completely.

      A job worth doing is a job worth doing well.

      When you do something you should do it as well as you can.

      Laugh and the world laughs with you.

      When someone is in a happy, cheerful mood, people like being with him.

      Least said, soonest forgotten.

      The less we say about it the sooner the incident will be forgotten.

      You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

      We can help, show or encourage someone to do something but we can't make him do what he is unwilling or unable to do.

      Like a bull in a china shop.

      A clumsy or tactless person.

      Lock the stable door after the horse has bolted.

      Once a mistake has been made or an error committed, it's too late to take precautions to prevent it from happening.

      The longest day must have an end.

      All difficult jobs or situations also have an end.

      Love me, love my dog.

      If we want a person's friendship we must accept him totally, faults and all.

      Many hands make light work.

      Many people sharing a job or tasks make easier work of it.

      Opportunity only knocks once.

      Seize an opportunity when it occurs for it may never happen again.

      Possession is nine points of the law.

      In disputes over property ownership, the person in possession of something is sometimes

      said to have nine-tenths a chance of winning it in a legal argument.

      Promises are like pie crust.

      Most promises cannot be kept.

      The rain falls on the just and the unjust alike.

      No matter how good or bad a person, he must still face the everyday problems that confront us all.

      A stitch in time saves nine.

      By taking immediate action we can prevent a fault, damage or trouble from getting worse.

      A straw will show which way the wind blows.

      A small incident can reveal an important event.

      Teach an old dog new tricks.

      It is impossible to change someone's ways or habits, especially if he is old and resists change.

      That's where the shoe pinches (There's the rub).

      That's the source or cause of a problem or an annoyance.

      There are none so blind as those that will not see.

      People ,who never admit they might be wrong, refuse to listen to the opinions or ideas of anyone.

      There are none so deaf as those who will not hear.

      People sometimes hear only what they want to hear.

      A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

      It means that though something beautiful may not last, the happy memory of it will live forever.

      Time heals old wounds / Time is the best healer.

      The passing of time helps us to forget things that have caused us pain or made us unhappy.

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