A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.
More Traditional Proverbs:
He'd offer you an egg if you promised not to break the shell.Traditional
In the midst of great joy do not promise to give a man anything in the midst of great anger do not answer a man's letter
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I know you believe you understand what you think I said but, I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
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From the bottom of my heart.
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Thick as a brick.
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It's tough trying to keep your feet on the ground, your head above the clouds, your nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel, your finger on the pulse, your eye on the ball and your ear to the ground.
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