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Proverb, Metaphor, or Euphemism? 1. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 2. His nose is a fog horn. 3. He is between jobs.

4. Actions speak louder than words. 5. He is a wild animal. 6. Men's words are bullets. 7. He bit the big one. 8. After the feast comes the reckoning. 9. Language is a road map of a culture. 10. All that glitters is not gold. 11. It was just friendly fire. 12. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 13. Memory is a crazy woman that hoards colored rags and throws away food. 14. Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. 15. Barking dogs seldom bite. 16. This fell off the back of a truck. 17. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. 18. Life is a journey. 19. Beggars can't be choosers. 20. He needs to talk to a man about a horse. 21. He kicked the bucket. 22. He has passed away. 23. Better a live coward than a dead hero. 24. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 25. A lifetime is a day, death is sleep. 26. Let s talk about the birds and the bees. 27. Birds of a feather flock together. 28. Charity begins at home. 29. Her face was the moon. 30. He went to the little boys room. 31. The goalkeeper was a rock. 32. Clothes do not make the man. 33. Curiosity killed the cat.(But satisfaction brought it back.) 34. Do as I say, not as I do. 35. Don't bite off more than you can chew. 36. Don't bite the hand that feeds you. 37. Don't cry over spilled milk. 38. They are pushing up daisies. 39. Don't judge a man until you've walked in his boots. 40. The horse was put to sleep. 41. He heard the call of nature. 42. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. 43. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. 44. My brother is a dog. 45. Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today. 46. Don't put the cart before the horse. 47. America is a melting pot. 48. He got up on the wrong side of the bed. 49. Familiarity breeds contempt. 50. A fool and his money are soon parted. 51. Your love is an ocean. 52. He is visually challenged. 53. Forewarned is forearmed. 54. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 55. All the world's a stage. 56. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. 57. Haste makes waste. 58. The girl was a picture. 59. He who hesitates is lost. 60. She went to powder her nose. 61. He who laughs last, laughs best. 62. Hindsight is better than foresight. 63. He had a roll in the hay. 64. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. 65. The curtain of night fell.

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