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English phrases popularly known as representations of common sense.
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- laugh and grow fat
- laugh before breakfast, cry before supper
- laughter is the best medicine
- least said, soonest mended
- leave it all on the field
- leaves of three, let it be
- leave with the one that brought ya
- leave with the one that brung ya
- leave with the one that brung you
- leave with the one what brought ya
- leave with the one what brought you
- leave with the one what brung ya
- leave with the one what brung you
- leave with the one who brought ya
- leave with the one who brought you
- leave with the one who brung ya
- leave with the one who brung you
- less is more
- let a thousand flowers bloom
- let George do it
- let the cobbler stick to his last
- lex dubia non obligat
- life is like a box of chocolates
- life is not all beer and skittles
- life's a bitch, and then you die
- life's a bitch and then you die
- lightning does not strike twice in the same place
- lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place
- lightning never strikes twice
- lightning never strikes twice in the same place
- like father, like son
- like father like son
- like mother, like daughter
- little pitchers have big ears
- little pitchers have long ears
- little strokes fell great oaks
- live and let live
- live by the sword, die by the sword
- live fast, die young
- live not to eat, but eat to live
- location, location, location
- long absent, soon forgotten
- long ways, long lies
- lookers-on see most of the game
- looks can be deceiving
- loose lips sink ships
- loss and gain are brothers twain
- love conquers all
- love is blind
- love is love
- love the sinner, hate the sin
- love the sinner but hate the sin
- lucky at cards, unlucky in love
M
- mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails
- mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails
- make hay while the sun shines
- make it do or do without
- make lemonade
- man is a wolf to man
- manners maketh man
- man plans and God laughs
- man proposes, God disposes
- man shall not live by bread alone
- many a mickle makes a muckle
- many hands make light work
- March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb
- marry in haste, repent at leisure
- measure twice, cut once
- measure twice and cut once
- mess with the bull, get the horns
- mess with the bull and you get the horns
- might is right
- might makes right
- mighty oaks from little acorns grow
- mind over matter
- misery enjoys company
- misery loves company
- misfortunes never come alone
- misfortunes never come singly
- misters before sisters
- mocking is catching
- money can't buy happiness
- money does not smell
- money does not stink
- money doesn't grow on trees
- money has no smell
- money is the root of all evil
- money talks
- money talks, bullshit walks
- money talks and bullshit walks
- money won is twice as sweet as money earned
- more haste, less speed
- murder will out
- my enemy's enemy is my friend
N
- nearly never bulled a cow
- nearly never won the race
- necessity is the mother of innovation
- necessity is the mother of invention
- necessity knows no law
- needs must
- needs must when the devil drives
- ne'er cast a clout till May be out
- neither a borrower nor a lender be
- never ask the barber if you need a haircut
- never change a running system
- never fight a land war in Asia
- never judge a book by its cover
- never look a gift horse in the mouth
- never meet your heroes
- never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
- never waste a crisis
- new brooms sweep clean
- nice guys finish last
- nine you're fine, ten you're mine
- nobody ever went broke underestimating the good taste of the American people
- nobody ever went broke underestimating the good taste of the American public
- nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people
- nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public
- nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people
- nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public
- no bucks, no Buck Rogers
- no gain without pain
- no good deed ever goes unpunished
- no good deed goes unpunished
- no guts, no glory
- no human is illegal
- no hymen, no diamond
- no man is an island
- no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney
- no matter how thin you slice it, it's still boloney
- no matter how you slice it, it's still the same old baloney
- no mill, no meal
- no news is good news
- no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public
- no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people
- no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public
- no one is born a master
- no one should be judge in his own case
- no one should be judge in his own cause
- no pain, no gain
- no peace for the weary
- no rest for the weary
- no rest for the wicked
- no rose without a thorn
- no sleep for the wicked
- no smoke without fire
- not all heroes wear capes
- nothing is said that has not been said before
- nothing new under the sun
- nothing succeeds like success
- nothing ventured, nothing gained
- no time like the present
O
- oil and water don't mix
- old habits die hard
- old sins cast long shadows
- old sins have long shadows
- once a man, twice a boy
- once a man, twice a child
- once a woman, twice a child
- Appendix:Snowclones/once a X, always a X
- once bitten, twice shy
- once burned, twice cautious
- once burned, twice shy
- once hurt, twice shy
- once you go black, you never go back
- one bad turn deserves another
- one cannot break a stick in a bundle
- one cannot break a twig in a bundle
- one can run but one can't hide
- one can't break a stick in a bundle
- one can't break a twig in a bundle
- one can't break sticks in a bundle
- one can't carry two watermelons under one arm
- one can't hold two watermelons in one hand
- one can't live with them, one can't live without them
- one good turn deserves another
- one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen
- one hand can't hold two watermelons
- one man's fish is another man's poison
- one man's fish is another man's poisson
- one man's loss is another man's gain
- one man's meat is another man's poison
- one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter
- one man's trash is another man's treasure
- one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb
- one nail drives out another
- one night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury
- one should never meet one's heroes
- one's time is one's own