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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.
The truth will out.
Truth about something will eventually be discovered or made known.
Two wrongs do not make a right.
If a person does something to harm or offend us, that's wrong.
If we do something to harm them back, that's wrong too.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Most men love to eat so feed your husband well and he will always love you.
Wear out one's welcome.
One is no longer welcome, usually because he has become a nuisance.
When poverty comes in the door, love flies out the window.
As soon as a happily married couple begin having financial problems and the bills pile up their love will disappear.