A first grade teacher 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. Their insight may surprise you.
- 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....................pigs
- 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
- Don't put off till tomorrow what..............you put on to go to bed
- Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and.........you have to blow