';If you avoid getting hit right on the head by a nail then you won't NEED 9 stitches any time'; Interesting and rarely heard saying, originating from the Three Stooges.There are so many old sayings like: you hit the nail right on the head and a stitch in time saves nine. Can ?
1.A bad hair day
2.A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush
3.A bolt out of the blue
4. A chain is as strong as its weakest link
5. A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man dies but once
6. A day late and a dollar short
7. A dead ringer
8. A diamond in the rough
9. A diamond is forever
10. A dish fit for the gods
11. A drop in the bucket
12. A face only a mother could love
13. A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living
14. A fate worst than death
15. A fish out of water
16. A fool and his money are soon parted
17. A friend in need is a friend indeed
18. A friend to all is a friend to none
19. A good man is hard to find
20. A good run is better than a bad stand
21. A heart as big as Texas
22. A job worth doing is worth doing well
23. A labor of love
24. A legend in his own time
25. A little bird told me
26. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
27. A man after my own heart
28. A man is as good as his word
29. A man is known by the company he keeps
30. A man of few words
31. A man passes for what he is worth
32. A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client
33. A man's got to do what a man's got to do
34. A man's home is his castle
35. A man's word is as good as his bond
36. A new broom sweeps clean
37. A penny for your thoughts
38. A penny saved is a penny earned
39. A picture is worth a thousand words
40. A place for everything and everything in its place
41. A play on words
42. A poor excuse is better than none at all
43. A poor man's memories could be a rich mans Goal
44. A right start in life is a career half made
45. A rolling stone gathers no moss
46. A she devil
47. A stitch in time saves nine
48. A thing of beauty is a joy forever
49. A time for all seasons
50. A time to live and a time to die
51. A tree is know best by it's fruit
52. A watched pot never boils
53. A wise man listens to his own conscience
54. A word to the wise is sufficient
55. A-1
56. Absence makes the heart grow fonder
57. Absolute power corrupts absolutely
58. Ace in the hole
59. Ace up his sleeve
60. Achilles Heel
61. Acid test
62. Across the board
63. Act in haste, repent in leisure
64. Actions speak louder than words
65. Adam's apple
66. Add insult to injury
67. After all is said and done, usually more is said than done
68. After the feast comes the reckoning
69. Against the grain
70. Age before beauty
71. Ain't just waltzing around with you
72. Ain't no fool like an old fool
73. Albatross around the neck
74. Alive and kicking
75. All good things come to those who wait
76. All is fair in love and war
77. All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them
78. All roads lead to Rome
79. All that glitters is not gold
80. All things being equal
81. All Thumbs
82. All wet
83. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
84. All's over but the shouting
85. All's well that ends well
86. Always do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest
87. Always look on the bright side
88. Always neat and tidy
89. An apple a day keeps the doctor away
90. An empty can makes the most noise
91. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
92. Another day, another dollar
93. Any port in a storm
94. Appearances are deceiving
95. Apples don't fall far from the tree
96. April showers bring May flowers
97. Are you listening - get your head out of the clouds
98. As a twig is bent the tree will grow
99. As big headed as a mule
100. As bitter as a gale
101. As black as your hat
102. As blind as a bat
103. As brave as a lion
104. As bright as a sixpence
105. As brown as a berry
106. As clean as a penny
107. As clear as a bell
108. As clear as the nose on your face
109. As clumsy as a bull in a china closet
110. As cross as a bear
111. As dark as a pail
112. As dead as a door nail
113. As deep as a well
114. As dry as a herrin
115. As dumb as a mule looking for a new gate
116. As empty as air
117. As fair as a lily
118. As fast as the Mexican two-step
119. As fat as a porpoise
120. As fine as a fiddle
121. As flat as a pancake
122. As happy as a dead pig in the sunshine
123. As hard as a millstone
124. As hard as a rock
125. As high as a kite
126. As high as the sky
127. As honest as the day as long
128. As light as a feather
129. As long as a country mile
130. As long as the day is long
131. As luck would have it
132. As mad as a March hare
133. As many as Carter had little liver pills
134. As neat as a pin
135. As nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
136. As pig headed as a mule
137. As plump as a partridge
138. As poor as a church mouse
139. As proud as a peacock
140. As pure as a angel
141. As pure as mothers milk
142. As pure as the driven snow
143. As red as a beet
144. As rich as was Croesus
145. As right as rain
146. As rough as a gale
147. As round as an apple
148. As sharp as a stick
149. As slow as a snail
150. As sly as a fox
151. As smart as a steel trap
152. As spry as a cat
153. As stiff as a poker
154. As strong as an ox
155. As tender as a mother milk
156. As tender as a mother's love
157. As the crow flies
158. As thin as a rail
159. As tough as nails
160. As ugly as sin
161. As weak as a kitten
162. Ashes of love are cold as ice
163. Ask and you shall receive
164. Ask me no question and I will tell you no lies
165. Asleep at the wheel
166. At first blush
167. At your beck and call
168. Babe in the woods
169. Back in the good old days
170. Back seat driver
171. Back to basics
172. Back to square one
173. Back to the drawing board
174. Back to the salt mine
175. Back when Hector was a pup
176. Back when I was younger
177. Backhanded compliment
178. Bad penny always returns
179. Bad spelling is a remediable injury
180. Bad to the bone
181. Bad to worse
182. Bad weather gets better, a bad man never does
183. Bag of switches
184. Bald as an eagle
185. Ball and chain
186. Barefaced liar
187. Barking dogs seldom bite
188. Barking in the wind
189. Barking up the wrong tree
190. Batten down the hatches
191. Be careful what you wish for you might get it
192. Be that as it may
193. Be true to your teeth and they won't be false
194. Beat around the bush
195. Beat the band
196. Beauty is as beauty does
197. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
198. Beauty is only skin deep
199. Bee in your bonnet
200. Behind every cloud is a silver lining
201. Behind the eight ball
202. Being so happy or food being so good, you could slap your grandma
203. Bend like a willow or break like an oak
204. Beside the point
205. Best fish I ever flopped a lip on
206. Best laid plans of mice and men
207. Best looking girl I ever took a gander at
208. Better a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond
209. Better death than dishonor
210. Better half
211. Better late than never
212. Better safe than sorry
213. Better than a black land farm
214. Better than a new pencil
215. Better than bacon
216. Better to be your friend's nettle than his echo
217. Between a rock and a hard place
218. Betwixt and between
219. Beware of burning your bridges when you cross them
220. Beyond the sunset
221. Bide your time
222. Big as a bear
223. Big as a blimp
224. Big as a goose egg
225. Big eye little view
226. Bigger is better
227. Bigger than a blue dog tick
228. Bigger than Dallas
229. Bird in the hand is better than two in the bush
230. Bird's eye view
231. Birds of a feather flock together
232. Black as pitch
233. Black as the ace of spades
234. Black sheep of the family
235. Bless your little pea picking heart
236. Blind as a bat
237. Blind in one eye and can't see out of the other
238. Blood is thicker than water
239. Blood will tell
240. Blow your stack
241. Blown to smithereens
242. Bone of contention
243. Bony Moroney
244. Born with a silver spoon is his mouth
245. Bosom buddy
246. Bottoms up
247. Bow up like a cutting worm
248. Boy was that a new wrinkle
249. Break a leg
250. Break a mirror and you will have seven years bad luck
251. Break the ice
252. Bright as a new silver dollar
253. Bright eyed and bushy tailed
254. Bring home the bacon
255. Brown as a berry
256. Brown noser
257. Brownie points
258. Bump on a log
259. Burning question
260. Burning the candle at both ends
261. Burning the midnight oil
262. Bury the hatchet
263. Busier than a one armed paper hanger
264. Business before pleasure
265. Busting my chops
266. Busy as a bee
267. Butter wouldn't melt in her mouth
268. Buy it for a song
269. By the same token
270. By the skin of your teeth
271. By the sweat of your brow
272. Calf rope
273. Call a spade a spade
274. Calm before the storm
275. Came up smelling like roses
276. Can it
277. Can't live with them and can't live without them
278. Can't make heads or tails of it
279. Can't never could and never would
280. Can't see the forest for the trees
281. Can't see through muddy water
282. Can't win for losing
283. Captain of his soul
284. Cardinal sin
285. Carte blanche
286. Cash on the barrel head
287. Cast aspersions
288. Cast pearls before swine
289. Cat got your tongue
290. Catch as catch can
291. Catch some Z's
292. Cat's meow
293. Cattywampus or caddywampus
294. Caught between a rock and a hard place
295. Caught with your pants down
296. Champagne taste with a beer pocketbook
297. Change a fool against his will, he's of the same opinion still
298. Change of heart
299. Character secures respect
300. Charity begins at home
301. Charlie horse
302. Charmed life
303. Cheap as dirt
304. Chew the cud
305. Chew the fat
306. Chicken squat behind the was pot
307. Chickens come home to roost
308. Children should be seen and not heard
309. Child's play
310. Chink in the armor
311. Chip off the old block
312. Chip on his shoulder
313. Chock full
314. Choose the lessor of two evils
315. Christmas Eve Gift
316. Clean as a whistle
317. Clean slate
318. Cleanliness is next to Godliness
319. Clear as a bell
320. Clear as day
321. Clear as mud
322. Clear the decks
323. Clearer than glass
324. Climb on the bandstand
325. Climb the wall
326. Clip joint
327. Close but no cigar
328. Close isn't good enough
329. Close only counts in horseshoes
330. Close shave
331. Close that pneumonia hole/ gap
332. Closer than the hair on a hog
333. Clothes don't make the man
334. Clothes make the man
335. Cloud nine
336. Clumsy as a bull in a china closet
337. Clumsy as a new born colt
338. Coast is clear
339. Cock and bull story
340. Cock of the walk
341. Cockles of the heart
342. Coin a phrase
343. Cold as a blue northern
344. Cold as a frog
345. Cold as a witches broom
346. Cold as ice
347. Cold day in July
348. Cold feet
349. Cold feet sleep apart
350. Cold fish
351. Cold hands - warm heart
352. Cold shoulder
353. Cold turkey
354. Come hell or high water
355. Come off it
356. Come what may
357. Comes up smelling like a rose
358. Company and fish stink after three days
359. Conniption fit
360. Conspicuous by one's absence
361. Cooked his goose
362. Cool as a cucumber
363. Cop a plea
364. Corny as a cup of corn
365. Couldn't buy a setting of eggs
366. Couldn't carry a tune in a bushel basket
367. Couldn't hit the broad side of the barn
368. Count your blessings, not your problems
369. Courage of your convictions
370. Cracked up
371. Crazy as a Bessie bug
372. Cream rises to the top
373. Cries like a baby
374. Crime doesn't pay
375. Crooked as a barrel of snakes
376. Crooked as a dogs hind leg
377. Crooked as a snake
378. Cross as a bear
379. Cross your bridges when you come to them
380. Cross your fingers for good luck
381. Cry wolf
382. Cultivate the talents you have
383. Curiosity killed the cat
384. Cut and dried
385. Cut and run
386. Cut me some slack
387. Cut the coat according to the cloth
388. Cut the mustard
389. Cut the shenanigans
390. Cut through the red tape
391. Cut to the chase
392. Cut your nose off to spite your face
393. Dance with the one that brought you
394. Day late and a dollar short
395. Dead as a doornail
396. Dead men tells no tales
397. Dead ringer
398. Dead to right
399. Dead to the world
400. Deader than a doorknob
401. Deader than a mackerel
402. Deeper than the deep blue sea
403. Deeper than the Pacific
404. Den of thieves
405. Dependable as a mule
406. Dependable as a spring flood
407. Devil incarnate
408. Diamond in the rough
409. Different color of horse
410. Different strokes for different folks
411. Dig your own grave
412. Dipstick
413. Dirt cheap
414. Discretion is the better part of valor
415. Divide and conquer
416. D-liver, D-letter, D-sooner, D-better
417. Do an about face
418. Do as I say do and not as I do
419. Do not be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will care for itself
420. Do or die
421. Do unto others shat you would have them do unto you
422. Doctor Livingston I presume
423. Does a leopard change his spots
424. Doesn't have a leg to stand on
425. Doesn't have two nickels to rub together
426. Dog days of summer
427. Dogs that don't kill sheep don't run
428. Done in by a city slicker
429. Don't aim at talent you don't have
430. Don't beat a dead dog
431. Don't beat around the bush
432. Don't bite off more that you can chew
433. Don't bite the hand that feeds you
434. Don't burn your bridges
435. Don't change horses in the middle of the stream
436. Don't count your chickens before they hatch
437. Don't criticize a man till you have walked a mile in his shoes
438. Don't cry over spilled milk
439. Don't cry your heart out
440. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
441. Don't mess in your nest
442. Don't muddy the waters
443. Don't open Pandora's box
444. Don't open that can of worms
445. Don't play with fire and you won't get burned
446. Don't pull the wool over my eyes
447. Don't put all of your eggs in one basket
448. Don't put any stock in it
449. Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today
450. Don't sweat the small stuff
451. Don't take any wooden nickels
452. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water
453. Don't upset the apple cart
454. Double bind and still a going
455. Double dog dare
456. Double Dutch
457. Double ugly
458. Double whammy
459. Drank till he was plum tipsy
460. Dressed fit to kill
461. Dressed up in his Sunday go to meeting clothes
462. Dressed up to the nines
463. Drinks like a fish
464. Drummed out of the Army
465. Drunk as a skunk
466. Dumb as a box of rocks
467. Dumb as a fox
468. Dumb as a log
469. Dumb as a post
470. Dumb as a stump
471. Dynamite comes in small packages
472. Early to bed early to rise makes a man wealthy and wise
473. Ears that look like a taxi cab with both doors open
474. Easier said than done
475. Easy as falling off a log
476. Easy as pie
477. Easy come easy go
478. Eat crow
479. Eat drink and be merry
480. Eat your heart out
481. Eaten out of house and home
482. Eats like a bird
483. Eats like a horse
484. Eats like a pig
485. Education is capital invested for the future
486. Either sink or swim
487. Elementary my dear Watson
488. End of one's rope
489. End of the story
490. Enough is enough
491. Enthusiasm conquers the impossible
492. Even at the turning tide
493. Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven
494. Every dog has his day
495. Evil returns to evil doers
496. Excuse my French
497. Experience is the best teacher
498. Eyes like a hawk
499. Eyes see everything but themselves
500. Face the music
501. Fact is stranger than fiction
502. Failure is the stepping stone to success
503. Failure may be the stepping stone to success
504. Faint heart never won fair maiden
505. Fair and square
506. Fair to middling
507. Fair weather friend
508. Faith can move mountains
509. Fall from Grace
510. Fall on your sword
511. Falling apart like a cheap suit
512. Familiarity breeds contempt
513. Fancy free
514. Far be it from me
515. Faster than greased lightening
516. Fat as a hog
517. Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free
518. Feed that corn to the chickens
519. Feel it in my bones
520. Fell like a ton of bricks
521. Feuding like the Hatfields and McCoys
522. Few and for between
523. Fifth wheel
524. Find a penny, pick it up - all the day you'll have good luck
525. Finders keepers losers weepers
526. Finer than frog hair
527. Fire answers fire
528. First come, first served
529. Fish or cut bait
530. Fit as a fiddle
531. Fit to be tied
532. Fits him to a T
533. Flash in the pan
534. Flat as a fritter
535. Flat as a pancake
536. Flat footed as a duck
537. Flesh and blood
538. Fly by night
539. Fly by the seat of your pants
540. Fly in the ointment
541. Fly off the handle
542. Fly on the wall
543. Foam at the mouth
544. Follow the golden rule
545. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me
546. Fools gold
547. Fool's names and fool's faces always show up in public places
548. Fools rush in where Angel's fear to tread
549. For crying out loud
550. For from the madding crowd
551. For love nor money
552. For the birds
553. For the life of me
554. For the umpteenth time
555. For what it is worth
556. Forbidden fruit
557. Forever and a day
558. Forewarned is forearmed
559. Forgive and forget
560. Forgive and you will be forgiven
561. Fork it over
562. Fought like a tiger
563. Four aces short of a deck
564. Four corners of the earth
565. Free as a bird
566. Fresh as a daisy
567. Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
568. Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ear
569. Frog in your throat
570. From bad to worst
571. From here to Kalamazoo
572. From here to ten buck two
573. From pillar to post
574. From stem to stern
575. From the horses mouth
576. From the word go
577. From your lips to God's ears
578. Full as a tick
579. Full of beans
580. Funny farm
581. Further than the outhouse
582. Fuzzy wuzzy
583. Gag a maggot
584. Gather rosebuds while you may
585. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
586. Get off your high horse
587. Get use to it
588. Get while the getting's good
589. Get your ears lowered
590. Getting the short end of the stick
591. Getting your goat
592. Give him an inch and he will take a mile
593. Give him an offer he can't refuse
594. Give the devil his dues
595. Giving someone the cold shoulder
596. Go ahead gourd head
597. Go fly a kite
598. Go for broke
599. Go off half ******
600. Go whole hog wild
601. Go with the flow
602. God helps those who help themselves
603. God moves in mysterious ways
604. Goes up like a puff of smoke
605. Going to be a cold day in hell
606. Going to come a frog floater
607. Going to come a gully washer
608. Going to come a toad strangler
609. Going to hell in a hand basket
610. Gone but not forgotten
611. Gone South
612. Gone to bed with the chickens
613. Gone to pot
614. Gone to the dogs
615. Good always wins over evil
616. Good as gold
617. Good beginnings make for good endings
618. Good fences make good neighbors
619. Good lord willing and the creeks don't rise
620. Good luck comes to the man that earns it
621. Good riddance to bad rubbish
622. Goodie two shoes
623. Goofy as a road lizard
624. Got a bird nest on the ground
625. Got a frog in your throat
626. Got enough money to burn a wet mule
627. Got more money than Ben Gump
628. Got my mojo working
629. Got the blues
630. Got the reds
631. Got up on the wrong side of the bed
632. Grass doesn't grow on a busy street
633. Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
634. Great minds think alike
635. Great oaks from little acorns grow
636. Greek to me
637. Green as a gourd
638. Green as grass
639. Green eyed monster
640. Green with envy
641. Grin and bare it
642. Grind to a halt
643. Grinning like a mule chewing briars
644. Growing like a weed
645. Guilty as sin
646. Gung ho
647. Gut reaction
648. Had me stumped
649. Hair of the dog
650. Half a loaf is better than none
651. Half the battle
652. Hand over fist
653. Handy as a flashlight with no batteries
654. Handy as pockets on a shirt
655. Hang in there
656. Hang loose
657. Hang tight
658. Happiness is a state of mind
659. Happy as a dead pig in the sunshine
660. Happy as a pig in slop
661. Hard as a rock
662. Hard fight with a short stick
663. Hard row to hoe
664. Hard to hold as a greased pig
665. Harder than nails
666. Harvest moon
667. Has a skeleton in the closet
668. Hasn't got the sense God gave a goose
669. Hasn't got the sense of a Betsy bug
670. Have a nice day
671. He ain't got a leg to stand on
672. He can't see the forest for the tees
673. He cast a large shadow
674. He couldn't see the point of a nail
675. He got his neck rung twice and he's still a-floppin
676. He got pulled before he was ripe
677. He has a ace in the hole
678. He has a hollow leg
679. He has a stomach made out of cast iron
680. He has deep pockets
681. He has his own ax to grind
682. He has his tail over his back
683. He has lost his marbles
684. He has run the gauntlet
685. He is a dark horse
686. He is a rake
687. He is a ring leader
688. He is a ring tailed tooter
689. He is a straight shooter
690. He is a wise old owl
691. He is afraid of his own shadow
692. He is as dependable as a fox in a hen house
693. He is as honest as the day is long
694. He is as stubborn as a lop-eared mule
695. He is dealing from the bottom of the deck
696. He is going to the dogs
697. He is Hell on wheels
698. He is hen pecked
699. He is over his head
700. He kicked the bucket
701. He looks like death warmed over
702. He needs a tight rein
703. He rules with an iron hand
704. He stumped his toe
705. He takes one steps forward and two steps back
706. He thinks it is gospel if he says it
707. He who can does, he who cannot doesn't
708. He who gets angry gets old fast
709. He who hesitates is lost
710. He who laughs first cries hardest at the last
711. He who will not work shall not eat
712. He will argue with a fence post
713. He would complain if he was hung with a new rope
714. He/she could go bear hunting with a switch
715. He/she has a charmed life
716. He/she has bats in the belfry
717. He/she has the world by the tail
718. He/she is a day late and a dollar short
719. He/she is a pack rat
720. He/she is feeling their oats
721. He/she is going to have to bear the brunt
722. He/she is tough as nails
723. He/she is wiser than an old owl
724. He/she who hesitates is lost
725. He/she would take the quarters off a corpse's eyes
726. He/she's just like an apple rotten to the core
727. Head as hard as a rock
728. Head is harder than a brick
729. Healthy as a horse
730. Hear hear
731. Hear no evil-see no evil-speak no evil
732. Heard that lip flop
733. Heart as big as all outdoors
734. Heart of a lion
735. Heavens to Betsy
736. Heavy as a tub of lard
737. He'll argue with a fence post
738. Hell hath no furry like a woman scorned
739. Hem and Haw
740. Here today gone tomorrow
741. He's an odd duck
742. He's got ants in his pants
743. He's got ants in his pockets
744. He's really bull headed
745. He's rough as a cob
746. He's slow, but he's old
747. Hibernate like a bear
748. Hide and seek
749. High and dry
750. High and mighty
751. High on the hog
752. Higher than a cats back
753. Higher than a Georgia pine
754. Higher than a kite
755. Hind site is 20/20
756. His beard is white as snow
757. His belly shakes like Jell-O
758. His head is as thick as an anvil
759. His mind is a steel trap
760. His/her elevator doesn't go all the way to the top
761. His/her light's on, but nobody's home
762. Hit below the belt
763. Hit by a ugly stick
764. Hit the sack
765. Ho-Ho-Ho- and a bottle of Rum
766. Hoist by your own petard
767. Hold a candle
768. Hold a torch
769. Hold your horses
770. Holy cow
771. Holy Smoke
772. Home is where the heart is
773. Home is where you hang your hat
774. Honest as the day is long
775. Honesty is the best policy
776. Hook line and sinker
777. Hook or crook
778. Hoot and Holler
779. Hope is a waking dream
780. Hope is hearing the melody of the future, Faith is to dance it
781. Hope is like the sun which as we walk toward it, cast a shadow of our burdens behind us
782. Horse and cart
783. Hotter than a firecracker, but never hotter than a pistol
784. Hotter than a pistol
785. Hotter than a pot of collards
786. Hotter than Hell
787. How low can you go
788. How now brown cow
789. How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child
790. Hung up, but not stress out
791. Hung, drawn and quartered
792. Hunters moon
793. I ain't never
794. I am a simple man with simple taste
795. I am as lonesome as a polecat
796. I am going to jerk a knot in your tail
797. I am going to paint the town red
798. I am going to slap you to the back side of no where
799. I am just needling you
800. I am off like a old dirty shirt
801. I came, I saw and I conquered
802. I can't make head or tails of it
803. I could take a cotton to you
804. I cried because I had no shoes until I saw the man who had no feet
805. I did not fall off a turnip truck
806. I didn't like the color of his money
807. I didn't pull your chain
808. I don't care if it harelips Georgia
809. I don't give a tinkers damn
810. I don't know him from Adam
811. I double dog dare you
812. I feel for you but I just can't reach you
813. I feel it in my bones
814. I feel like a rung out old rag thrown out with the wash water
815. I feel like giving up the ghost
816. I feel like warmed over death
817. I had rather see them shake than rattle
818. I have not slept one wink
819. I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat
820. I have other fish to fry
821. I laughed till I cried
822. I may be tall but I sure am short
823. I might as well I can't dance
824. I need that like a hole in the head
825. I shall return
826. I spy with my little eyes
827. I wasn't born on a Christmas tree
828. I wasn't born yesterday
829. I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
830. I won it fair and square
831. I won't take no for an answer
832. I would rather see them shake than rattle
833. I would rather take a beating
834. I wouldn't give you a plug nickel
835. I wouldn't give you two bits for his opinion
836. I wouldn't touch that with a 10' pole
837. I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him
838. I wouldn't want to be in his shoes
839. Idle hands are the Devil's workshop
840. Idle mind is the Devil's playground
841. If a black cat crosses your path you will have bad luck
842. If a man tells you he can grow corn look in his crib
843. If a wolf came to my house to eat he would have to bring a sack lunch
844. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again
845. If brains were lard, they couldn't grease up a good size skillet
846. If he accidentally told you the truth, he would come back and apologize
847. If I (he/she) had a brain, I (he/she) would be dangerous
848. If I had my druthers
849. If I had told you once I have told you a thousand times
850. If I was on my way to hell with a car load of ice it would come a freeze
851. If it ain't broke, don't fix it
852. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's a duck
853. If life gives you lemons, make lemonade
854. If music was food of love, play on
855. If she had one more freckle she would have to carry it in the palm of her hand
856. If she would screw her head back on straight she might not have to walk sideways
857. If syrup was a nickel a sop I wouldn't have a biscuit
858. If that don't beat the band
859. If that kid don't leave home I'm going to break his plate
860. If the Lord's willing, and the creek don't rise
861. If the shoe fits, wear it
862. If wishes were fishes, we'd all have a fry
863. If wishes were for certain we would all be rich
864. If wishes were horses beggars would ride
865. If worse comes to worst
866. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem
867. If you can't beat them join them
868. If you can't say anything nice don't say anything
869. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
870. If you cast your net too wide beware that you don't get snared in your own webbing
871. If you don't bend you are going to break
872. If you don't milk everyday, the cow will dry up
873. If you have seen one you have seen them all
874. If you play with trash it will get in your eyes
875. If you think you are talking to a backward person you might consider facing them
876. If you want to dance you must pay the fiddler
877. Ignorance is bliss
878. I'll be a monkey's uncle
879. Ill gotten gains
880. I'll meet you last winter
881. I'm a bit under the weather today
882. I'm all ears
883. I'm getting nowhere fast
884. I'm going to carry you to the back of the wood shed
885. I'm going to clean your plow
886. I'm going to knock you into the middle of the week
887. I'm going to nail him
888. I'm in a nine line bind
889. I'm not just blowing smoke at you
890. In a coon's age
891. In a nutshell
892. In a pigs eye
893. In a quandary
894. In a rut
895. In an interesting condition
896. In cold blood
897. In for a penny
898. In for a pound
899. In hot water
900. In my mind's eye
901. In one ear and out the other
902. In one fell swoop
903. In the Autumn of your life
904. In the bag
905. In the buff
906. In the cart
907. In the doghouse
908. In the limelight
909. In the offing
910. In the pink
911. In the red
912. In the twinkling of an eye
913. In trouble
914. In your dreams
915. In your face
916. Indian giver
917. Is the Pope Catholic
918. Is you fall to the ground you get lost in the flood
919. It ain't fit for man or beast
920. It ain't over till the fat lady sings
921. It goes against the grain
922. It goes in one ear and out the other
923. It is a dirty job but someone has to do it
924. It is a dog eat dog world
925. It is as clear as the handwriting on the wall
926. It is as easy as falling off a log
927. It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness
928. It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness
929. It is dark as a tomb
930. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of an needle, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God
931. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye
932. It is pea pickin' good
933. It is two hole seater
934. It never rains it pours
935. It rolls off like water off of a duck's back
936. It takes one to know one
937. It takes people like you to make people like me
938. It takes two to tango
939. It will jar your memory like standing at South end of a North bound mule
940. It'll all come out in the wash
941. It'll be a cold day in July
942. It'll be okay if the Lord's willing and the creek don't rise
943. It's a catch 22 situation
944. It's a far cry
945. It's a long worm that never turns
946. It's a piece of cake
947. It's a real hum dinger
948. It's a sorry dog that won't wag his own tail
949. It's a two-dog night
950. It's all in the eye of the beholder
951. Its always darkest before dawn
952. It's an ill wind that blows no good
953. It's better to be safe than sorry
954. It's cold as blue blazes
955. It's going to rain little children
956. It's is raining on my parade
957. It's later than it has ever been before
958. It's like opening a can of worms
959. It's not over till the fat lady sings
960. It's not the end of the world
961. It's not whether you win or loose, it's how you play the game
962. It's not worth the paper it's written on
963. It's raining cats and dogs
964. It's raining on my parade
965. It's snowing down South
966. It's the pits
967. It's too little, too late
968. It's your pipe full
969. Jack of all trades and a master of none
970. Jackpot
971. Jerkwater town
972. Jig is up
973. Johnny come lately
974. Johnny come lately
975. Jump out of the frying pan into the fire
976. Jump to conclusions
977. Jumping the gun
978. Jumpy as a cat on a hot tin roof
979. Junk
980. Jury rig
981. Just a hop, skip and a jump away
982. Just a stone throw away
983. Just barking in the wind
984. Just bear with me
985. Just between you and me and the post
986. Just bide your time
987. Just deserts
988. Just had a brain storm
989. Just hunkey dory
990. Just in time
991. Katy bar the door
992. Keep a stiff upper lip
993. Keep body and soul together
994. Keep it simple stupid
995. Keep out of my hair
996. Keep the ball rolling
997. Keep those card and letters coming
998. Keep two hands above high water
999. Keep your eyes peeled
1000. Keep your eyes wide open before marriage and half shut afterwards
1001. Keep your fingers crossed
1002. Keep your head above water
1003. Keep your nose clean
1004. Keep your nose to the grind stone
1005. Keep your powder dry
1006. Keep your shirt on
1007. Keeping up with the Joneses
1008. Keeps me on pins and needles
1009. Kelly is under that hat because his legs are hanging out
1010. Kick a man when he is down
1011. Kick the bucket
1012. Kicking up his heels like a cow going to pasture
1013. Kill the goose that laid the golden egg
1014. Kill them with kindness
1015. Kill two birds with one stone
1016. Kilroy was here
1017. Kiss and tell
1018. Kiss my grits
1019. Kit and caboodle
1020. Knee high by the fourth of July
1021. Knee high to a grasshopper
1022. Knee jerk reaction
1023. Knee knocking scared
1024. Knock back
1025. Knock off work
1026. Knock on wood
1027. Know the ropes
1028. Know which side your bread is buttered on
1029. Know which way the wind blows
1030. Knuckle down
1031. Labor of love
1032. Lamb to the slaughter
1033. Land of hope and glory
1034. Land of milk and honey
1035. Last but not least
1036. Last ditch effort
1037. Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone
1038. Lead by example
1039. Learn the ropes
1040. Learning is wealth to the poor
1041. Left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing
1042. Left holding the bag
1043. Left in a lurch
1044. Legs so bowed he couldn't herd a hog in a narrow lane
1045. Lend a kindly light
1046. Lend me your ear
1047. Less is more
1048. Lesser of two evils
1049. Let bygones be bygones
1050. Let not the sun go down on your wrath
1051. Let one thousand flowers bloom
1052. Let sleeping dogs lie
1053. Let the cat out of the bag
1054. Let them eat cake
1055. Let there be light
1056. Let your hair down
1057. Let your light shine before men that they may see your good works
1058. Level playing field
1059. Liar, Liar pants on fire
1060. Life is a stairway some are going up and others are going down
1061. Life is not a dress rehearsal
1062. Life is what you make it
1063. Life of Riley
1064. Light at the end of the tunnel
1065. Like a bat out of hell
1066. Like a chicken with its head cut off
1067. Like a duck on a June bug
1068. Like a man grasping for straws
1069. Like a moth to a flame
1070. Like a snowball on its way hell
1071. Like being at a cake walk with no money
1072. Like being in a candy store with no money
1073. Like breaking a new pair of boots
1074. Like grabbing hold of a dead fish
1075. Like it or lump it
1076. Like stink on a skunk
1077. Like the pot calling the kettle black
1078. Like two peas in a pod
1079. Like walking a board sidewalk in high heels
1080. Like water off a ducks back
1081. Like white on rice
1082. Limber as a peach tree switch
1083. Little Miss Priss
1084. Little pictures have big ears
1085. Live and learn
1086. Live by the sword die by the sword
1087. Live fast and die hard
1088. Loaded to the gills
1089. Lonesome as a polecat
1090. Long as a country mile
1091. Long as a well rope
1092. Long as the river
1093. Long in the tooth
1094. Longer than a row of cotton
1095. Look before you leap
1096. Look what the dogs have dragged in and cats won't eat
1097. Looks good enough to eat
1098. Loony as a goon
1099. Loose as a goose
1100. Loose lips sink ships
1101. Lord love a duck
1102. Lord willing and the creeks don't rise
1103. Lots faster than a race horse
1104. Love is the master key which open the gates of happiness
1105. Love your neighbor as thyself
1106. Lower than a snake's belly
1107. Lower than a worm
1108. Luck of the draw
1109. Lucky as a rabbits foot
1110. Lying is like being pregnant, sooner or later everyone will know
1111. Lying like a dog
1112. Mad as a hatter
1113. Mad as an old wet hen
1114. Main chance
1115. Maintain the status quo
1116. Make a beeline for it
1117. Make a clean breast of it
1118. Make a long story short
1119. Make a mountain out of a molehill
1120. Make haste not waste
1121. Make hay while the sun shines
1122. Make it a bakers dozen and I'll take it
1123. Make no bones about it
1124. Make ones blood boil
1125. Make the fur fly
1126. Makes me mad enough to chew nails and spit out BBs
1127. Makes your hair stand straight on end
1128. Man after his own heart
1129. Man does not live by bread alone
1130. Man of few words
1131. Man's inhumanity to man
1132. Many a slip from the cup to the lip
1133. Many are called but few are chosen
1134. Many hands make light work
1135. Mark my words
1136. Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations
1137. May as well, I can't dance
1138. Mean as a junkyard dog
1139. Meaner than a piney woods rooter
1140. Meaner than a rattlesnake
1141. Meet your maker
1142. Meet your waterloo
1143. Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water
1144. Mess with fire and you will get burned
1145. Mickey Finn
1146. Middle of the road
1147. Mighty oaks from little acorns grow
1148. Milk of human kindness
1149. Mind over matter
1150. Mind your own beeswax
1151. Mind your Ps and Qs
1152. Mischievous as a cat
1153. Misery loves company
1154. Money burns a hole in your pocket
1155. Money can't by happiness
1156. Money doesn't grow on trees
1157. Money follows money
1158. Money is the root of all evil
1159. Monkey see, monkey do
1160. Monkey's uncle
1161. More or less
1162. More problems than Carter has little liver pills
1163. More stubborn than a mule
1164. More than I bargained for
1165. More trouble than it's worth
1166. Morning - Glory
1167. Moving at a snail's pace
1168. Moving like dead lice are falling off of you
1169. Much ado about nothing
1170. Muddier that a pig sty
1171. Mum's the word
1172. Must have a hole in the head
1173. My crow is the blackest
1174. Name your poison
1175. Neat as a pin
1176. Needle in a haystack
1177. Needless to say
1178. Neither a borrower nor a lender be
1179. Neither here nor there
1180. Nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
1181. Never a borrower or a lender be
1182. Never bite the hand that feeds you
1183. Never give a sucker a break
1184. Never mix business with pleasure
1185. Never say die
1186. Never say never
1187. Never the twains shall meet
1188. Never to old to learn
1189. New beginnings - old endings
1190. Nice as pie
1191. Nip and tuck
1192. Nip it in the bud
1193. No common horse sense
1194. No dice
1195. No man can lounge into success
1196. No man is an island
1197. No matter how far you go, there you are
1198. No monkey business
1199. No need to reinvent the wheel
1200. No news is good news
1201. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent
1202. No one is so blind as those that don't want to see
1203. No pain no gain
1204. No rest for the wicked
1205. No rhyme or reason
1206. No skin off my nose
1207. No use beating a dead horse
1208. No use closing the barn door when the horse is already out
1209. Noisy as a new saddle
1210. Nose running off my face
1211. Nose runs like a spring branch
1212. Not a hair out of place
1213. Not fit to hold a candle
1214. Not overdrawn, just under deposited
1215. Not right now my mind is tuned out
1216. Not the ill wind which blows no man to good
1217. Nothing can need a lie
1218. Nothing is certain but death and taxes
1219. Nothing ventured, nothing gained
1220. Now honey that is to much sugar for a dime
1221. Now is the winter of discontent
1222. Now that's a knee slapper
1223. Nutty as a fruitcake
1224. Nutty as a peach orchard boar
1225. Nutty as a squirrel
1226. O ye, of little faith
1227. Odd and ends
1228. Odd man out
1229. Of the first order
1230. Off his rocker
1231. Off the record
1232. Off the wall
1233. Off with his head
1234. Oh how time fly's when you are having fun
1235. Oh that way madness lies
1236. Oh what tangle web we weave, when first we practice to deceive
1237. Oh, your grandmother was most particular
1238. Oil and water don't mix
1239. Okay
1240. Okey dokey
1241. Old as Methuselah
1242. Old habits die hard
1243. Old hat
1244. Old so n' so kicked the bucket
1245. Old stamping ground
1246. Older than dirt
1247. Older than father time
1248. Older than the creek
1249. On a wing and a prayer
1250. On him/her like white on rice
1251. On the ball
1252. On the QT's
1253. On the rocks
1254. On the shoulders of a giant
1255. On the skids
1256. On the spur of the moment
1257. On tinderhooks
1258. Once bitten twice shy
1259. Once in a blue moon
1260. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more
1261. One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch
1262. One brick short of a load
1263. One bubble short of plum
1264. One foot in the grave
1265. One for the road
1266. One man's meat is another man's poison
1267. One man's trash is another man's treasure
1268. One sandwich short of a picnic
1269. Only the good die young
1270. Open mouth, insert foot
1271. Out behind the wood shed
1272. Out like a light
1273. Out of sight out of mind
1274. Out of sorts
1275. Out of the coals and into the fire
1276. Out of the jaws of death
1277. Out of the mouths of babes come all wise sayings
1278. Out on a limb
1279. Out with the old and in with the new
1280. Over the hill
1281. Over the top
1282. Oysters are not good in months that have not and R in them
1283. Pack it in
1284. Paddle your own canoe
1285. Pain in the neck
1286. Paint the town red
1287. Pale as a ghost
1288. Paper tiger
1289. Pat on the back
1290. Patience of Jobe
1291. Pearls of wisdom
1292. Peeping Tom
1293. Penny for your thoughts
1294. Penny wise, dollar foolish
1295. People are dying today that have never died before
1296. People in hell want ice-water too
1297. Perseverance moves mountains or tunnels them
1298. Peter Out
1299. Physician heal thyself
1300. Pig headed as a mule
1301. Pigs ear
1302. Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered
1303. Pin money
1304. Pink Elephant
1305. Pipe down
1306. Pipe dream
1307. Piping hot
1308. Play by ear
1309. Play it again Sam
1310. Play the race card
1311. Play with matches and you will get burned
1312. Plum tuckered out
1313. Poor as a church house mouse
1314. Poor baby, cry me a hand full of tears
1315. Poorer than dirt
1316. Potty mouth
1317. Practice makes perfect
1318. Practice what you preach
1319. Pretty as a calico cat
1320. Pretty as a new wagon
1321. Pretty as a peach
1322. Pretty as a picture
1323. Pretty as a speckled pup under a red wagon
1324. Pretty is as pretty does
1325. Pride goeth before a fall
1326. Principles are useless, unless embodied in action
1327. Proof is in the pudding
1328. Protective as a mother hen
1329. Proud as a peacock
1330. Pull the wool over your eyes
1331. Pulled on like an old sock
1332. Pure as mother's milk
1333. Put any stock in it
1334. Put up your dukes
1335. Put your mouth where your money is
1336. Quality of mercy is not strained
1337. Quality time
1338. Queer as a three-dollar bill
1339. Quick as a banty rooster
1340. Quick as a bumblebee
1341. Quick as a wink
1342. Quick as lighting
1343. Quick on the draw
1344. Quicker than a New York minute
1345. Quicker than a rabbit
1346. Quicker than a striped lizard on hot asphalt
1347. Quicker than greased lightening
1348. Quid pro quo
1349. Quiet as a mouse
1350. Quit your bellyaching
1351. Rack and ruin
1352. Rack my brain
1353. Rack of bones
1354. Rain on you
1355. Raining cats and dogs
1356. Raise his hackles
1357. Raising cain
1358. Ran like a scalded dog
1359. Rank and file
1360. Rat race
1361. Read something into it
1362. Read the riot act
1363. Real McCoys
1364. Red as a beet
1365. Red as a rooster's comb
1366. Red as a turkey's snout
1367. Red letter day
1368. Red skies at night, a sailor's delight - Red skies in the morning sailors warning
1369. Red tape
1370. Rest in peace
1371. Rest on your laurels
1372. Resting on a bed of hot coals
1373. Revenge is best served cold
1374. Revenge is sweet
1375. Right as rain
1376. Ring around the moon, storm coming soon
1377. Ring down the curtain
1378. Rise and shine
1379. Roars like a lion
1380. Robbing Peter to pay Paul
1381. Rode hard and put away wet
1382. Rode hard and put out to pasture
1383. Roger dogger
1384. Roll with the punches
1385. Rolled off his tongue and went across town
1386. Rolling stone gathers no moss
1387. Root hog or die
1388. Rotten to the core
1389. Rough as a cob
1390. Rule of thumb
1391. Rules are made to be broken
1392. Run like a scalded dog
1393. Run like a spotted ape
1394. Run like the wind
1395. Run of the mill
1396. Running after a shadow is a wearisome race
1397. Running around like a chicken with its head cut off
1398. Running like the hound of Hades was on him
1399. Ryme nor reason
1400. Sadder but wiser
1401. Safe rather than sorry
1402. Salt of the earth
1403. Save for a rainy day
1404. Saved by the bell
1405. Saving face or losing face
1406. Say what you mean and mean what you say
1407. Scarce as hen's teeth
1408. Scared as a rabbit
1409. Scared as a rabbit in a fox hole
1410. Scared out of my wits
1411. Scott free
1412. Screaming like a banshee
1413. Screaming your lungs out
1414. Secure as a house of cards
1415. Seeing is believing
1416. Seek and you shall find
1417. Seize the day
1418. Seize the moment
1419. Selling a pig in a poke
1420. Serious as a heart attack
1421. Sets ones teeth on edge
1422. Sew a stitch on Sunday and when you get to Heaven you'll have to take the stitches out with your nose
1423. Sew wild oats all week long - pray for a bad crop on Sunday
1424. Shake a leg
1425. Shake his hand and count your fingers
1426. Share and share alike
1427. Sharp as a razor
1428. Sharp as a tack
1429. Sharp as a tic
1430. She can't help being ugly but she could have stayed home
1431. She don't know any better
1432. She is 2 ax handles wide
1433. She is a clinging vine
1434. She is a cutie pie
1435. She is a diddy-wah-dossey
1436. She is a ring tail tooter
1437. She is gonna have a hissie fit
1438. She is just a weeping willow
1439. She looks like a unmade bed
1440. She paints with a wide brush
1441. She was so ugly they had to tie a pork chop around her neck to get the dog to play with her
1442. She will talk to a wooden Indian
1443. She'll do she just won't do right
1444. She's my sunshine
1445. She's not working with a full deck
1446. Ship shape
1447. Shut my jaws
1448. Sick as a dog
1449. Sight for sore eyes
1450. Sign of the times
1451. Sign your John Henry
1452. Silence is golden
1453. Silver tongue Devil
1454. Sink or swim
1455. Sit down and take the load off you feet
1456. Sit down and talk a spell
1457. Sit tight
1458. Sitting duck
1459. Six of one and Half a dozen of the other
1460. Skill, not luck, leads to fortune
1461. Skinny as a rail
1462. Sleep like a log
1463. Sleeps sound as a log
1464. Sleepy as a bear
1465. Slick as a bucket of snot
1466. Slick as a cow pie on a flat rock
1467. Slick as a mink
1468. Slick as a whistle, or clean as a whistle
1469. Slicker than a gut
1470. Slicker than a sycamore sapling
1471. Slicker than sin
1472. Slippery as an eel
1473. Sloth is the key of poverty
1474. Slow as a broke clock
1475. Slow as a snail
1476. Slow as Christmas
1477. Slow as dead lice
1478. Slow as dripping syrup
1479. Slower than Christmas
1480. Slower than molasses in January
1481. Sly as fox
1482. Slyer than a fox in a chicken coop
1483. Small as a mustard-seed
1484. Smart as a tack
1485. Smart as a whip
1486. Smile and the world smiles with you
1487. Smoke that in your pipe
1488. Smooth as glass
1489. Smooth as silk,
1490. Snug as a bug in a rug
1491. So broke that if it took a quarter to leave town, you couldn't cross the street
1492. So country he still has cordwood on his breath
1493. So sweet honey was dripping off of her tongue
1494. So tight he squeaks
1495. Soars like an eagle
1496. Sober as a judge
1497. Someone needs a spring tonic
1498. Son of a gun
1499. Sooner get blood out of a stone
1500. Sooner get blood out of a turnip
1501. Sour as a lemon gargle
1502. Sow the wind reap the whirlwind
1503. Sowing his wild oats
1504. Spare the rod and spoil the child
1505. Speak little -- hear much
1506. Speak of the devil and he will appear
1507. Spinning another long cord of yarns
1508. Spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down
1509. Spring cleaning
1510. Squeaky as a rat
1511. Squeal like a stuck pig
1512. Squirt blossom
1513. Steady as a rock
1514. Steeping my life in beauty brings color to my days and a song to my heart
1515. Step on a crack break your mama's back
1516. Stick like glue
1517. Stick like tar
1518. Sticks out like a sore thumb
1519. Stiff as a board
1520. Still water runs deep
1521. Stone cold
1522. Straight as an arrow
1523. Strike while the iron is hot
1524. Strong as an ox
1525. Stronger than a bear's breath
1526. Stronger than an acre of garlic
1527. Stubborn as a mule
1528. Stuck in a rut
1529. Study long study wrong
1530. Success comes through a clear, strong purpose
1531. Sure as night follows day
1532. Sweet tooth
1533. Sweeter than honey
1534. Tacky tongued
1535. Tail between your legs
1536. Take a back seat
1537. Take a chill pill
1538. Take a hike
1539. Take a load off your feet
1540. Take a rain check
1541. Take a shine to
1542. Take him down a peg
1543. Take the bit between your teeth
1544. Take the bitter with the sweet
1545. Take the bull by the horn
1546. Take the wind out of your sails
1547. Take with a pinch of salt
1548. Taken back
1549. Takes one to know one
1550. Talk is cheap
1551. Talking to the walls
1552. Talks in circles
1553. Tall as a tree
1554. Taller than a tall pine
1555. Tattle - tell, tattle - tell you're going to grow a big ol' tail
1556. Tender as a mother's love
1557. That boy is shy a few cards of a full deck
1558. That is a hair brain idea
1559. That is a horse of a different color
1560. That is music to my ears
1561. That is my cross to bear
1562. That is par for the course
1563. That is the day we part company
1564. That is the last straw
1565. That is the long and short of it
1566. That is the way the cookie crumbles
1567. That is water under the bridge
1568. That just slipped off your tongue
1569. That makes me want to puke
1570. That makes me whopping mad
1571. That meal was larrupin good
1572. That old dog don't hunt
1573. That probably stuck in his craw
1574. That road leads to nowhere
1575. That takes the cake
1576. That's a bitter pill to swallow
1577. That's a new wrinkle on my old horn
1578. That's about as stupid as a screen door on a submarine
1579. That's all folks
1580. That's it in a nutshell
1581. That's the best thing since sliced bread
1582. That's your ball of wax
1583. The back of beyond
1584. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, They must be felt by the heart
1585. The best things come in small packages
1586. The best things in life are free
1587. The bigger the better
1588. The blind leading the blind
1589. The boss isn't always right, but he's always the boss
1590. The buck stops here
1591. The building that needs props is sure to fall
1592. The call of the wild
1593. The cats meow
1594. The chance of anything happening today is nare to nothing
1595. The course of true love never runs smooth
1596. The cupboard is as bare as old mother Hubbard's cupboard
1597. The cure is worst than the disease
1598. The devil is in the detail
1599. The devil take the hindmost
1600. The die is cast
1601. The difference between men and boys are the size of their toys
1602. The early bird catches the worm
1603. The exception of which proves the rule
1604. The face that launch a thousand ships
1605. The fat is in the fire
1606. The female of the species is more deadly than the male
1607. The first hen to cackle is the one that laid the egg
1608. The game is afoot
1609. The game is up
1610. The good die young
1611. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
1612. The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
1613. The hurrier I go the behinder I get
1614. The kid can tear up an anvil with a rubber hammer
1615. The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing
1616. The light was on, but nobody was home
1617. The live-long day
1618. The long and short of it
1619. The more the merrier
1620. The more things change the more they stay the same
1621. The night is far gone, the day is at hand
1622. The only sure thing is death and taxes
1623. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
1624. The only way to have a friend is to be one
1625. The ox is in the ditch
1626. The palest ink is stronger than the strongest memory
1627. The path of darkness may not reach the light
1628. The path of light is easiest found by looking up
1629. The pen is mightier than the sword
1630. The perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and young enough not to care
1631. The road is going to be a slick as a jar full of eels
1632. The road is going to be as greasy as a greased pig in the sunshine
1633. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions
1634. The secret of success is constancy of purpose
1635. The sky is the limit
1636. The squeaky wheel gets the grease
1637. The straw that broke the camel's back
1638. The snow is falling
1639. The sun is going down
1640. The truth shall set you free
1641. The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
1642. The wolf is at the front door
1643. The worm has turned
1644. Their family tree don't branch
1645. There ain't going to be any hanky panky going on around here
1646. There is a hunters moon tonight
1647. There is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
1648. There is a silver lining in behind every cloud
1649. There is always room upstairs
1650. There is blood on the moon
1651. There is more than one way to skin a cat
1652. There is no failure for the good and the wise
1653. There is no place like home
1654. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved
1655. There is something rotten in Denmark
1656. There may be snow on the roof, but there is still fire in the furnace
1657. There will be frost on the pumpkin tonight
1658. They are double trouble
1659. They are thick as thieves
1660. They fought a good fight
1661. They just go hog wild
1662. They will fight tooth and nail
1663. Thicker than a bull's hide
1664. Thicker than fleas on a dogs back
1665. Thicker than thieves
1666. Things started on Friday are never finished
1667. This place looks like a pig's sty
1668. Those we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not
1669. Those who laugh a lot live longer
1670. Thought is the oil of the mind - worry is the acid that destroys it
1671. Three sheets to the wind
1672. Throw another log on the fire
1673. Throw the key in the water bucket and keep on going
1674. Tie the knot
1675. Tight as a tick
1676. Tight as bark on a tree
1677. Tighter than old Dick's hatband
1678. Till the chickens come home to roost
1679. Till the cows come home
1680. Time for the bullwhip
1681. Time has run out
1682. Time heals all wounds
1683. Time in a bottle
1684. Time is passing me by
1685. Time is the enemy of men
1686. Time is ticking
1687. Time to bite the bullet
1688. Time to hit the sack
1689. Time to hit the saddle
1690. Time to meet your maker
1691. Time to put him out to pasture
1692. Time to rest my dogs
1693. Time to slap leather
1694. Time to turn over a new leaf
1695. Time's a wasting
1696. Tit for tat
1697. To everything there is a season
1698. To hot to tango and to old to stroll
1699. To live without loving is not really to live
1700. To pooped to pop and to old to stroll
1701. Too big for your britches
1702. Too many cooks spoil the broth
1703. Toot your own horn
1704. Touched in the head
1705. Tough as an old boot
1706. Tough as old leather
1707. Tough row to hoe
1708. True blue
1709. Truth is stranger than fiction
1710. Turn a blind eye
1711. Turn away the weary trader and your heart will turn to stone
1712. Twenty [or Forty) miles of bad road
1713. Twisted like a pretzel
1714. Two are better than one - If one falls down, his friend can help him up
1715. Two bits short of a dollar
1716. Two heads are better than one
1717. Two left feet
1718. Two of a kind
1719. Two plus two equals two - Two plus two should equal four
1720. Two's company; three's a crowd
1721. Ugly as a mud fence
1722. Ugly as sin
1723. Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown
1724. Up a blind alley
1725. Up the creek without a paddle
1726. Upper crust
1727. Use it or loose it
1728. Use it up, make do or do without
1729. Useless as a bucket with no bottom
1730. Useless as a dry milk cow
1731. Useless as a dry well
1732. Useless as teats on a bore hog
1733. Vanished into thin air
1734. Variety is the spice of life
1735. Vent your anger
1736. Vicious Circle
1737. Virtue is its own reward
1738. Wait broke the bridge
1739. Wait with bated breath
1740. Waiting for the other shoe to drop
1741. Wake up and smell the coffee
1742. Walk a mile in his shoes
1743. Walk on eggs
1744. Walk the plank
1745. Walk the shadows is to leave the light
1746. Walk the walk and talk the talk
1747. Want what you have and you will have what you want
1748. Warm as toast
1749. Waste not, want not
1750. Watch pot never boils
1751. Watch the pennies, the dollars will take care of themselves
1752. Water over the dam
1753. Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink
1754. We are all in the same boat
1755. We are going to have a knee slapping good time
1756. We are going to have a mess of fish
1757. We are not amused
1758. We have seen better days
1759. We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope
1760. We will cross that bridge when we get there
1761. Weak as water
1762. Weak in the knees
1763. Wear your heart on your sleeve
1764. Welcome as the plaque
1765. Welcome with open arms
1766. Well healed
1767. Well I swear
1768. Well now if that don't beat all
1769. Well slap me naked and hide my clothes
1770. Well that sinks the duck
1771. Were you born in a barn
1772. Wet behind the ears
1773. Wet blanket
1774. Wet your whistle
1775. Wetter than a drowned rat
1776. Wetter than a wharf rat
1777. What a tangled web we weave, when we practice to deceive
1778. What blows in on a ill wind
1779. What goes around comes around
1780. What goes up must come down
1781. What in the compound cat hair do you want me to do
1782. What is the rigmarole about
1783. What the cat dragged in and the kittens wouldn't have
1784. What will be, will be
1785. What you don't know can't hurt you
1786. What's done is done
1787. What's good for the goose is good for the gander
1788. What's up doc
1789. When all is said and done
1790. When elephants fly
1791. When God handed out brains you must have been out to lunch
1792. When Hell freezes over
1793. When it rains it pours
1794. When pigs fly
1795. When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions
1796. When the cat is away the mice will play
1797. When the cows come home
1798. When the creek runs dry
1799. When the fox preaches watch your geese
1800. When the going gets tough the tough get going
1801. When they were passing out brains, he was out plowing the south 40
1802. When they were passing out brains, he/she hid behind the door
1803. When they were passing out brains, he/she thought they said pains and didn't take any
1804. When they were passing the brains out, he thought they said TRAINS
1805. When you chase a shadow you run from the light
1806. When you got it, flaunt it
1807. When you lie down with dogs, you are going to get fleas
1808. Where there is a will there is a way
1809. Where there is life there is hope
1810. Where there is much there is brass
1811. Where there is no vision, the people perish'
1812. Where there is smoke , there is fire
1813. Whether you think you can or think you can't - You are right
1814. While you live, tell truth and shame the devil
1815. Whippersnapper
1816. Whipping boy
1817. Whistling children and cackling hen leave no room for gentlemen
1818. Whistling woman and crowing hen never come to a good end
1819. White as a sheet
1820. White elephant
1821. Who's hauling those logs
1822. Why don't you just cry me a hand full of tears
1823. Wide birth
1824. Wider than a barn
1825. Wider than the Mississippi
1826. Wild goose chase
1827. Willy Nilly
1828. Win one for the Gipper
1829. Win the battle and lose the war
1830. Winners never quit and quitters never win
1831. Wins hand down
1832. Wise old owl
1833. Wish in one hand and spit in the other and see which one fills up first
1834. With age comes wisdom
1835. With bells on
1836. With flying colors
1837. Wolf in sheep's clothing
1838. Work and thou shalt have
1839. Worn to a frazzel
1840. Worry wart
1841. Worst than a cloudy mind
1842. Worst than stink on a skunk
1843. Wreak Havoc
1844. Wrinkled like a prune
1845. X- Marks the spot
1846. X that out
1847. X-mas
1848. Yankee Dime
1849. You ain't just whistlin dixie
1850. You are a dead duck
1851. You are a dirty double dealing no good low down skunk
1852. You are a sour pickle
1853. You are a thorn in my side
1854. You are acting like a child
1855. You are adding insult to injury
1856. You are as good as the best and better than the rest
1857. You are full of piss and vinegar
1858. You are going to be pushing up daisies
1859. You are going to bite off more than you can chew
1860. You are going to get my dander up
1861. You are going to have to eat crow
1862. You are going to have to eat humble pie
1863. You are in way over your head
1864. You are only as good as your word
1865. You are right it gets in your blood
1866. You are what you eat
1867. You are your brother's keeper
1868. You aren't getting up until you say uncle
1869. You can buy it for a song
1870. You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
1871. You can lead a horse to pasture but you can't make him eat
1872. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
1873. You can stand up or wallow in your own self pity
1874. You can tell a tree by the fruit it bears
1875. You can't get water out of a rock
1876. You can't help anyone till you help yourself
1877. You can't judge a book by its cover
1878. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
1879. You can't mend a broken heart with a silver thread
1880. You can't teach an old dog new tricks
1881. You can't trust him as far as you can throw him
1882. You don't give me the right of time
1883. You don't know diddly squat
1884. You don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop laughing
1885. You drive a hard bargain
1886. You got that right
1887. You have a real tear jerker there
1888. You have to give before you can get
1889. You have to sow before you can reap
1890. You have won half the battle
1892. You just hit the nail on the head
1893. You just spun your own web
1894. You keep me in suspenders
1895. You live in a fools paradise
1896. You look as you've been dragged through a hedge backwards
1897. You look like someone who just shot your dog
1898. You reap what you sow
1899. You silly goose
1900. You wouldn't be happy is you were hung with a new rope
1901. Young Whippersnapper
1902. Your name is mud
1903. You're dirtier than the Mississippi and twice as crooked
1904. You're eyes are bigger than your stomach
1905. You're not just a tooting
1906. You're nothing but a snake in the grass
1907. You're number is up and time to cash in the chips
1908. You're still wet behind the ears
1909. You're treading deep water
1910. Youth looks ahead, old age looks back and middle age looks tired
1911. You've got till sundown
1912. You've never had it so good
1915. Zip your mouth shut
1916. Zip your zipper
If in doubt, leave it out
Dont cry over spilt milk
There's many a slip between the cup and the lip
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
People living in glass houses shouldnt throw stones
Let sleeping dogs lie
You make the bed , you lie in it
1.An enemy of my enemy is a friend
2.Loose lips sink ships
3.Take time to make time
4.Too many cooks spoil the broth
5.Too many Chiefs not enough Indians
6.One for all, all for one
7.Tighter than a fishes ***...or...Tighter than a drum
8.Veni Vidi Vici (i think is the latin) I Came, I saw, I conquered (i think is the translation)
9.Time flys when your having fun
10.Sweet as sugar?
11.Romeo, Romeo, where art thou Romeo?
Thank the Good Lord I looked before I started writtin', now I won't have to write sooo much! I didn't really look too close,
so I'll write a couple just in case. Probably got the grass is greener one, so how about, Don't lick a gift horse in the mouth! Sweeter than pie! or one of mine, It's not your smile I like, it that come to me attitude! or You are the grease in my collard greens! not sure you can hear things and not be payin' attention but it makes it to the noggin' and ya think its yours!
Any how ya have a great 4th....';Wake up America!'; One thousand nine hundred and sixteen! Well ';I don't stand a snowballs chance in hell, do I?'; Guess that's what I get for just pullin' things outta my web site on my shoulders!
Here are a few classics:
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
A day late and a dollar short
A fool and his money are soon parted
A job worth doing is worth doing well
A penny saved is a penny earned
A place for everything and everything in its place
A watched pot never boils
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
For a more complete list (1916 of them to be exact) with some lesser known sayings, see here:
http://newtontxnetwork.com/tour/oldsay/
';When the well's dry, we know the worth of water.';
';鈥n this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.';
';Love your neighbor, but don鈥檛 pull down your hedge.';
';Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.';
';Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.';
';Nothing but money is sweeter than honey.';
';Poverty wants some things, luxury many things, avarice all things.';
';Diligence is the Mother of Good Luck.';
';Hunger never saw bad bread.';
';Eat to live, and not live to eat.';
';Keep your mouth wet, feet dry.';
';To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.';
';Hot thins, sharp things, sweet things, old things
All rot the teeth, and make them look like old things.';
';Dine with little, sup with less,
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';A full belly makes a dull brain';
';Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.';
';He that lies down with dogs shall rise up with fleas.';
';After 3 days men grow weary, of a wench, a guest and weather rainy.';
';There are three faithful friends,
An old wife, an old dog, and ready money.';
';Teach your child to hold his tongue,
He鈥檒l learn fast enough to speak.';
';Let thy child鈥檚 first lesson be obedience
And the second may be what thou wilt.';
';Genius without education is like silver in the mine.';
';Little strokes fell great oaks.';
';Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.';
';To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish.';
';The wolf sheds his coat once a year, his disposition never.';
';Who is wise? He that learns from every one.
Who is powerful? He that governs his passions.
Who is rich? He that is content.
Who is that? Nobody.';
';If you have no honey in your pot, have some in your mouth.';
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