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• a barking dog never bites
• a dumb priest never got a parish
• a never-never land
• a watched kettle never boils
• a watched pot never boils
• a wild goose never laid a tame egg
• a woman's work is never done
• almost never
• always the bridesmaid, never the bride
• an elephant never forgets
• apple never falls far from the tree
• barking dog never bites
• better late than never
• Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed
• cheaters never prosper
• Cheats never prosper
• Councils of war never fight
• course of true love never did run smooth
• course of true love never ran smoothly, the
• doesn't hurt to ask. and never hurts to ask
• Eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves
• Faint heart never won fair lady
• He that hath a full purse never wanted a friend
• I never did
• I never!
• If you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned
• It is a poor heart that never rejoices
• It is never too late
• It is never too late to learn
• It is never too late to mend
• It never rains but it pours
• It'll never fly
• It's now or never
• I've never [felt etc.] in all my days!
• Lightning never strikes twice
• lightning never strikes twice in the same place
• little work never hurt anyone
• look back
• Misfortunes never come singly
• never a dull moment
• never a rose without a/the prick
• Never ask pardon before you are accused
• never been better
• never darken door again
• never fails
• never fear
• never give a sucker an even break
• never had it so good
• never had it so good, one
• Never halloo till you are out of the woods
• never hear the end of
• never hear the end of it
• never heard of such a thing!
• never in (one's) wildest dreams
• never in a million years
• never in a month of Sundays
• never in my life
• never let the sun go down on your anger
• never live down
• never look a gift horse in the mouth
• never look back
• Never make a threat you cannot carry out
• never marry for money, but marry where money is
• never mind
• Never mind!
• never miss a trick
• Never Never Land
• never put off until tomorrow
• Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
• Never say die
• never say never
• never send a boy to do a man's job
• Never speak ill of the dead
• Never tell tales out of school
• never the twain shall meet
• never thought I'd see you here!
• Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you
• never would have guessed
• never you mind
• never-never land
• Not in a thousand years! and Never in a thousand years!
• not miss a trick
• not skip a beat
• now or never
• now or never, it's
• on the never-never
• once you go black, you never go back
• put off
• set the heather alight
• set the heather on fire
• set the Thames alight
• set the Thames on fire
• set the world alight
• sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me
• tale never loses in the telling
• that will never do!
• the never-never plan
• 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
• Tomorrow never comes
• watched pot never boils
• watched pot never boils, a
• what you've never had you never miss
• will never fly
• Wonders never cease!
• wonders will never cease
• You cannot lose what you never had
• you never can tell
• You never know till you try
• you never know what you've got till it's gone
• You never miss the water till the well runs dry
• You'll never get away with it
• you'll never guess