Mum's the word.
Thank you for nothing.
No love lost.
Give the devil his due.
Smell a rat.
Sky's the limit.
Within a stone’s throw
Make hay while the sun shines
Every man for himself
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
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The answer is Don Quixote, by Cervantes. An English contemporary of Cervantes, named Shelton, translated the book, so he could be said to have partly invented the phrases.

And no, I have not read the book…just passing it on.

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