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OLD BLACK SAYINGS

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  1. What your do in the dark, will come to the light.
  2. A watched pot will never boil.
  3. A little bird told me.
  4. The pot can’t call the kettle black.
  5. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
  6. When I get on you I am going to pay you for old and new.
  7. The fruit don’t fall to far from the tree.
  8. A hit dog will hollow.
  9. I have eyes in the back of my head.
  10. Every shuteye ain’t sleep.
  11. The blacker the berry the sweet the juice.
  12. I brought you in this world and I will take you out.
  13. Don’t know let your right hand know what your left hand is doing.
  14. The more you cry the less you pis.
  15. A penny saved is a penny earned.
  16. A rolling stone gathers no moss
  17. A heard head makes a soft behind.
  18. A penny saved is a penny earned.
  19. All that glitters is not gold.
  20. Beauty is only skin deep
  21. A empty wagon makes a lot of noise.
  22. Tip for the day( Look both ways before crossing the streets)
  23. A stitch in time saves nine
  24. A wise man listens to his own conscience
  25. Back seat driver
  26. Be careful what you wish for you might get it
  27. Be that as it may
  28. Beauty is only skin deep
  29. Better safe than sorry
  30. Beware of burning your bridges when you cross them
  31. Black sheep of the family
  32. Blind in one eye and can't see out of the other
  33. Blood is thicker than water
  34. Break a mirror and you will have seven years bad luck
  35. Burning the candle at both ends
  36. Burning the midnight oil
  37. Calm before the storm
  38. Can't live with them and can't live without them
  39. Can't see the forest for the trees
  40. Can't see the forest for the trees
  41. Can't see the forest for the trees
  42. Catch some Z's
  43. Caught between a rock and a hard place
  44. Caught between a rock and a hard place
  45. Caught between a rock and a hard place
  46. Caught between a rock and a hard place
  47. Clothes don't make the man
  48. Cloud nine
  49. Coast is clear
  50. Cold as ice
  51. Cold hands - warm heart
  52. Cold shoulder
  53. Cold turkey
  54. Come hell or high water
  55. Cooked his goose
  56. Couldn't carry a tune in a bushel basket
  57. Couldn't hit the broad side of the barn
  58. Count your blessings, not your problems
  59. Day late and a dollar short
  60. Dead as a doornail
  61. Dead men tells no tales
  62. Dig your own grave
  63. Do as I say do and not as I do
  64. Do or die
  65. Doesn't have a leg to stand on
  66. Doesn't have two nickels to rub together
  67. Don't beat a dead dog
  68. Don't beat around the bush
  69. Don't bite off more that you can chew
  70. Don't bite the hand that feeds you
  71. Don't burn your bridges
  72. Don't beat a dead dog
  73. Don't beat around the bush
  74. Don't bite off more that you can chew
  75. Don't bite the hand that feeds you
  76. Don't burn your bridges
  77. Double dog dare
  78. Double dog dare
  79. Easy come easy go
  80. Eat crow
  81. Eat drink and be merry
  82. Eat your heart out
  83. Eaten out of house and home
  84. Enough is enough
  85. Experience is the best teacher
  86. Fair weather friend
  87. Few and for between
  88. Few and for between
  89. Fit to be tied
  90. Fits him to a T
  91. Go for broke
  92. Go off half cocked
  93. Go whole hog wild
  94. Go with the flow
  95. God helps those who help themselves
  96. God moves in mysterious ways
  97. God blessed the dirt and the dirt will not hurt put it in your mouth and let it work
  98. Going to be a cold day in hell
  99. Goodie two shoes
  100. Got my mojo working 
  101. I can't make head or tails of it
  102. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem
  103. If you can't beat them join them
  104. If you can't say anything nice don't say anything
  105. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
  106. If you can't say anything nice don't say anything
  107. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
  108. Just hunkey dory
  109. Knock on wood
  110. Lesser of two evils



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