There are sayings that I use that I don't know what category to put them in.
All is fair in love and war.
Better late than never
Better safe than sorry
Be there with bells on
Blown out of the water
Can't get a word in edgewise
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
Crazy as a loon
Fish or cut bait
Getting up with the chickens
Greatest thing since sliced bread
He has a mind like a steel trap
He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.
In like Flynn
In one ear and out the other
It's been a coon's age
It's nothing to sneeze at
It's water under the bridge
Living from hand to mouth
Missing the boat
Once in a blue moon
Passing the buck
Piece of cake
Sticks out like a sore thumb
There's a bee in your bonnet
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Tougher than whang leather
What goes around comes around
This doesn't quite fit in with what I was collecting, but it's a good saying:
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
Plus I'm getting tired of collecting. It has been rather amusing to see what other people have found.
Close but no cigar
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
Go big or go home
Healthy as a horse
I feel like death warmed over
Lollygagging (wasting time)
Not all it's cracked up to be
Over egg the pudding
Strike while the iron is hot
Thick as thieves
Jim's dad's favorites
It can rain pretty easy once it gets started
All signs fail in a drought
