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You have to separate the chaff from the wheat.
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You hold an eel by the tail. [You are dealing with a slippery
fellow.]
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You keep making that face and it'll stay that way.
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You know not what the evening may bring with it.
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You let the cat out of the bag.
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You make an elephant of a mouse.
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You may as well talk to the sea-shore.
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You may judge a man by his countenance.
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You may judge of a man by his remarks.
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You may know a lion by his claw.
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You must howl with wolves if you wish to be one of their herd.
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You must rave with the insane, unless you would be left alone.
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You reap the crop of another.
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You reap what you sow.
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You sail in the same boat. [You are in the same danger.]
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You seek for fruit in the garden of Tantalus.
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You seek water from a stone.
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You seek wool from a donkey!
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You should eat plentifully of the flesh of the turtle or not at
all.
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You should know a man seven years before you stir his fire.
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You should only believe half of what you see, and none of which
you hear.
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You talk to a deaf man.
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You talk to a wall!
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You teach the dolphin to swim!
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You trust the guard to a naked or unarmed man.
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You use a lantern at noonday.
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You war against heaven.
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You will learn by teaching.
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You will mix what is sacred with what is profane.
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You will wear the ivy wreath, the victor's meed.
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You win a few, you lose a few.
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You would frighten a lion with a mask!
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You would weave a rope of sand.
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Too much of anything is bad.
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What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
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When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
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When you will, they wont, when you wont, they will.
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With his own weapon do I stab him.
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Words pay no debts.
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You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
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You harp perpetually on the same string.
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You kick against the goad.
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You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.
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You stick in the same mire.
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You tell a tale to a dead man.
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