The teacher of a first grade class collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. Here are the results:
- Better to be safe than . . . . . punch a 5th grader.
- Strike while the . . . . . . bug is close.
- It's always darkest before . . . . . . daylight savings time.
- Never underestimate the power of . . . . . . termites.
- You can lead a horse to water but . . . . . . how?
- Don't bite the hand that . . . . . . looks dirty.
- No news is . . . . . . impossible.
- A miss is as good as a . . . . . . Mr.
- You can't teach an old dog new . . . . . . math.
- If you lie down with dogs, you'll . . . . . . stink in the morning.
- Love all, trust . . . . . . me.
- The pen is mightier than the . . . . . . pig.
- An idle mind is . . . . . . the best way to relax.
- Where there's smoke there's . . . . . . pollution.
- Happy the bride who . . . . . . gets all the presents.
- A penny saved is . . . . . . not much.
- Two's company, three's . . . . . . the Musketeers.
- Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and . . . . . . you have to blow your nose.
- Children should be seen and not . . . . . . spanked or grounded.
- If at first you don't succeed . . . . . . get new batteries.
- You get out of something what you . . . . . . see pictured on the box.
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