Thursday, 10 July 2008

THE COMPLETE PROVERBS

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A first grade teacher collected old, well known proverbs. She gave each kid in her class the first half of a proverb, and had them come up with the rest:

As you shall make your bed so shall you ---- mess it up.

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 the dogs, you'll ---- stink in the morning.

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 your nose.

Children should be seen and not ---- spanked or grounded.

You get out of something what you ---- see pictured on the box.

When the blind leadeth the blind ---- get out of the way.

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