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• (one's) bark is worse than (one's) bite
• a bad excuse is better than none
• a fate worse than death
• a live dog is better than a dead lion
• actions speak louder than words
• bad excuse is better than none
• bark is worse than bite
• bark is worse than one's bite, one's
• be a fate worse than death
• be higher than a kite
• be larger than life
• be more Catholic than the Pope (himself)
• be more fun than a barrel of monkeys
• be more trouble than it's worth
• before you can say Jack Robinson
• Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave
• Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
• better dead than red
• better late than never
• better safe than sorry
• better than
• better than nothing
• better than sex
• better the devil you know than the devil you don't
• Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
• better the devil you know than the one you don't know
• better you than me
• big as life
• bite off more than can chew
• bite off more than one can chew
• blood is thicker than
• Blood is thicker than water
• cannot see any further than the end of one’s nose
• cannot see further than the end of one’s nose
• can't see beyond the end of one's nose
• can't see farther than the end of (one's) nose
• chain is no stronger than its weakest link
• dead as a dodo
• didn't exchange more than three words with
• do more harm than good
• easier said than done
• easier than falling off a log
• easier than rolling off a log
• emptier than a banker's heart
• Example is better than precept
• exchange no more than
• eyes are bigger than belly
• eyes are bigger than one's stomach, one's
• Fact is stranger than fiction
• faster than a cat lapping chain lightning
• faster than a speeding bullet
• faster than greased lightning
• faster than you can say Jack Robinson
• fate worse than death
• fate worse than death, a
• female of the species is more deadly than the male
• finer than frog hair
• Foresight is better than hindsight.
• get more than (one) bargained for
• half a loaf is better than no bread
• half a loaf is better than no loaf
• Half a loaf is better than none
• harder than the back of God's head
• has more bark than bite
• has more money than God
• have [done etc.] more than has had hot dinners
• have eyes bigger than (one's) belly
• have eyes bigger than (one's) stomach
• have had more than fair share of
• have more chins than a Chinese phone book
• have more luck than sense
• have more than one string to (one's) bow
• have more than one string to fiddle
• higher than a kite
• higher than Gilderoy's kite
• holier-than-thou
• honey catches more flies than vinegar
• I can't say fairer than that
• I'd rather face a firing squad than do
• in less than no time
• in no time
• is better than nothing
• It is better to be born lucky than rich
• It is better to give than to receive
• It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive
• It is better to wear out than to rust out
• It is easier to tear down than to build up
• it's better to ask forgiveness than permission
• It's more than my job's worth
• keep no more cats than can catch mice
• know no more about than a frog knows about bedsheets
• large as life
• larger than life
• less than
• less than pleased
• make a better door than a window
• meaner than a junkyard dog
• more by accident than design
• more by luck than judgement
• more Catholic than the Pope (himself)
• more cry than wool
• more dead than alive
• more fun than a barrel of monkeys
• more in sorrow than in anger
• more often than not
• more sinned against than sinner
• more sinned against than sinning
• more than bargained for
• more than can shake a stick at
• more than Carter has pills
• more than meets the eye
• more than one bargained for
• more than one can bear
• more than one can shake a stick at
• more than one way to skin a cat
• more than you know
• more/bigger/greater than the sum of its parts
• no less than
• No more than I have to
• no sooner ... than
• no sooner said than done
• no sooner than
• none other than
• notch above
• nothing less than
• nutty as a fruitcake
• One's bark is worse than bite
• one's eyes are bigger than stomach
• other than
• pen is mightier than the sword
• Prevention is better than cure
• quicker than hell
• quicker than you can say Jack Robinson
• rarer than hens' teeth
• rather you than me
• richer than Croesus
• scarce as hen's teeth
• scarcer than hens' teeth
• see no further than the end of nose
• see no further than the end of one’s nose
• slow as molasses in January
• slower than molasses
• slower than molasses in January
• sooner than you think
• stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach
• sweet as honey
• than the average bear
• the half is better than the whole
• The pen is mightier than the sword
• There is more to than meets the eye
• There's more than one way to skin a cat
• 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
• truth is stranger than fiction
• Two heads are better than one
• use your head for more than a hatrack
• wear another hat
• wear more than one hat
• whiter than white
• You are more than welcome
• you attract more flies with honey than vinegar
• You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
• You make a better door than you do a window