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1 love 6x
2 time 5x
3 Money 4x
4 a lion 4x
5 spoil the broth 4x
6 another man's poison 4x
7 opportunity 3x
8 marry 3x
9 until the fat lady sings 3x
10 twice shy 3x
11 the grease 3x
12 Strike while the iron is hot 3x
13 play 3x
14 let sleeping dogs lie 3x
15 its weakest link 3x
16 healthy, wealthy & wise 3x
17 Actions speak louder than words 3x
18 a woman scorned 3x
19 In wine, truth 3x
20 while the sun shines 2x
21 war 2x
22 Two heads are better than one 2x
23 to catch a thief 2x
24 the wind 2x
25 the sweeter the meat 2x
26 The pen is mightier than the sword 2x
27 the devil 2x
28 the bone 2x
29 spring 2x
30 Sleep 2x
31 Sheep 2x
32 run deep 2x
33 rocks the cradle 2x
34 Practice what you preach 2x
35 patience 2x
36 one man's meat 2x
37 necessity 2x
38 music 2x
39 Miss 2x
40 look 2x
41 last 2x
42 Honesty 2x
43 home 2x
44 haste 2x
45 get out of the kitchen 2x
46 fool 2x
47 dead men 2x
48 contempt 2x
49 Clothes 2x
50 broken 2x

Sample Clues

"Sine cerere et baccho friget Venus" means "without food and wine" this, represented by Venus, "grows cold"
love
According to the proverb on perserverance, it's how "the goose is plucked"
time
"Never marry for" this; "ye'll borrow it cheaper"
Money
"A live dog is better than a dead" one of these regal beasts
a lion
"Many spoil the broth cooks too"
spoil the broth

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