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- (have done) more (something) than (one) has had hot dinners
- (one's) bark is worse than (one's) bite
- (one's) eyes are bigger than (one's) belly
- (one's) eyes are bigger than (one's) stomach
- (one's) fair share (of something)
- (one's) head is more than just a hat rack
- (something) is better than nothing
- a bad excuse is better than none
- a chain is no stronger than its weakest link
- a fate worse than death
- a live dog is better than a dead lion
- a notch better than (someone or something)
- actions speak louder than words
- apples and oranges, like comparing
- as old as my eyes and a little (bit) older than my teeth
- bad excuse is better than none
- bark is worse than one's bite
- bark is worse than one's bite, one's
- be a fate worse than death
- be better off
- be better than a kick in the pants
- be greater/more than the sum of its parts
- 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 than (something)
- be more than glad, ready, etc.
- be more than welcome
- be more trouble than it's worth
- be more/bigger/greater than the sum of its parts
- before you can say Jack Robinson
- better (to be) safe than sorry
- 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 off than (someone)
- 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
- bigger than life and twice as ugly
- bite off more than (one) can chew
- bite off more than can chew
- bite off more than one can chew
- bite off more than one can chew, to
- bite off more than you can chew
- blood is thicker than (something)
- Blood is thicker than water
- blood runs thicker than water
- cannot see any further than the end of one’s nose
- cannot see further than the end of one’s nose
- cannot see further than your nose
- can't say fairer than that
- can't see (any) further than the end of (one's) nose
- can't see beyond the end of one's nose
- can't see farther than (one's) nose
- can't see farther than the end of (one's) nose
- can't see further than (the end of) (one's) (own) nose
- catch more flies with honey than vinegar, one can
- chain is no stronger than its weakest link
- colder than a witch's tit
- colder than the shady side of a banker's heart
- cuter than a June bug
- dead as a dodo
- deader than a doornail
- devil you know is better than the devil you don't know, the
- didn't exchange more than three words with
- didn't exchange more than three words with (one)
- do more harm than good
- do something more in sorrow than in anger
- dumber than a doornail
- 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
- exchange no more than (an amount of) words
- 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
- go one better (than someone or something)
- half a loaf is better than no bread
- half a loaf is better than no loaf
- Half a loaf is better than none
- half a loaf is better than none/no bread
- harder than the back of God's head
- has more bark than bite
- has more money than God
- have eyes bigger than (one's) belly
- have eyes bigger than (one's) stomach
- have eyes bigger than your stomach
- have had more than (one's) fair share of (something)
- have more chins than a Chinese phone book
- have more holes than Swiss cheese
- have more luck than sense
- have more money than God
- have more money 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
- his, her, etc. bark is worse than his, her, etc. bite
- holier than thou
- holier-than-thou
- honey catches more flies than vinegar
- hotter than a hooker's doorknob on nickel night
- hotter than a two-dollar pistol
- I wouldn't trust (someone) farther than I could throw (them)
- I'd rather face a firing squad than (do something)
- I'd rather face a firing squad than do
- in less than no time
- in more ways than one
- 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 is more blessed to give than to receive
- it's better to ask forgiveness than permission
- it's more fun than a barrel of monkeys
- it's more than my job's worth
- keep no more cats than can catch mice
- know better
- know better than
- know no more about (something) than a frog knows about bedsheets
- know no more about (something) than a hog knows about Sunday
- know no more about (something) than a pig knows about Sunday
- know no more about than a frog knows about bedsheets
- large as life
- large as/larger than life, as
- larger than life
- less than
- less than (something)
- less than pleased
- little better than
- little/no better than
- make a better door than a window
- man in the moon, (no more than) the
- meaner than a junkyard dog
- more (something) than Carter('s) has (liver) pills
- more (something) than you can shake a stick at
- more (to it) than meets the eye
- more by accident than (by) design
- more by accident than (by) judgment
- more by luck than judgment
- more Catholic than the Pope (himself)
- more cry than wool
- more dead than alive
- more fun than a barrel of monkeys
- more holes than Swiss cheese
- more in sorrow than in anger
- more kicks than halfpence
- more often than not
- more sinned against than sinner
- more sinned against than sinning
- more something than someone has had hot dinners
- more than (one) bargained for
- more than (one) can bear
- more than (one) can endure
- more than (one) can stand
- more than (one) can take
- more than a little
- more than a little excited, shocked, etc.
- more than Carter has pills
- more than flesh and blood can bear
- more than flesh and blood can endure
- more than flesh and blood can stand
- more than flesh and blood can stand, endure, etc.
- more than just a hat rack
- 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 one way to skin a cat, there's
- more than someone has had hot dinners
- more than you can (ever) know
- more than you can shake a stick at
- more than you know
- more than you will ever know
- more than your job's worth
- more things than you can shake a stick at
- more with brains than with brawn
- more... than you can shake a stick at
- more.../more often than somebody has had hot dinners
- more/bigger/greater than the sum of its parts
- no better than
- no better than (one) ought to be
- no better than (one) should be
- no better than you should be
- no less than
- no less than...
- No more than I have to
- no more than ninepence in the shilling
- no sooner (do something) than (do something else)
- no sooner ... than
- no sooner said than done
- no sooner...than...
- none other than
- none other than somebody
- not know any more about (something) than a hog knows about Sunday
- not know any more about (something) than a pig knows about Sunday
- not trust (someone) farther than (one) can throw (them)
- notch above
- nothing less than
- nothing less than (something)
- nothing more than
- nothing more than (something)
- nuttier than a fruitcake
- nutty as a fruitcake
- One's bark is worse than bite
- one's eyes are bigger than stomach
- other than
- other than (something)
- pen is mightier than the sword
- pen is mightier than the sword, the
- phonier than a three-dollar bill
- pretty face, more than a/not just a
- Prevention is better than cure
- queerer than a three-dollar bill
- quicker than hell
- quicker than you can say Jack Robinson
- rank higher than (one)
- rarer than hens' teeth
- rather (someone) than me
- rather than
- rather you than me
- rather you, etc. than me
- richer than Croesus
- scarce as hen's teeth
- scarcer than hens' teeth
- see no further than (the end of) (one's) (own) nose
- see no further than the end of nose
- see no further than the end of one’s nose
- slicker than snot on a doorknob
- slow as (slower than) molasses (in January)
- slow as molasses in January
- slower than molasses
- slower than molasses in January
- snowball's chance in hell, no more than/not a
- some are more equal than others
- someone's bark is worse than their bite
- someone's eyes are bigger than their belly
- sooner rather than later
- sooner than you think
- stretch your arm no further than your sleeve (will reach)
- stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach
- sweet as honey
- sweeter than honey
- than the average bear
- the female of the species is more deadly than the male
- the half is better than the whole
- the pen is mightier than the sword
- there is more to (someone or something) than meets the eye
- there's more than one way to skin a cat
- there's more to somebody/something than meets the eye
- there's more to someone or something than meets the eye
- there's more to something/someone than meets the eye
- 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
- 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 (one's) head for more than (just) a hat rack
- use (one's) head for more than something to keep (one's) ears apart
- use your head for more than a hatrack
- wear another hat
- wear more than one hat
- wear two hats (more than one hat), to
- whiter than white
- you (can) catch more flies with honey than (with) vinegar
- 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
- you will catch more flies with honey than (with) vinegar
- your bark is worse than your bite
- your eyes are bigger than your stomach