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. Their
insight may surprise you.
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Better to be safe than..............Punch
a 5th grader
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Strike while the .........................Bug
is close
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It's always darkest before......
Daylight Savings Time
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Never underestimate the power
of........Termites
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You can lead a horse to water
but........how?
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Don't bite the hand that..............
looks dirty
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No news is................................impossible
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A miss is as good as a..............
Mr.
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You can't teach an old dog new......math
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If you lie down with dogs, you'll..........stink
in the morning
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Love all, trust.............................me
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The pen is mightier than the........pigs
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An idle mind is..................The
best way to relax
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Where there's smoke there's.......pollution
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Happy the bride who...............gets
all the presents
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A penny saved is.......................
not much
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Two's company, three's..............the
Musketeers
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Don't put off till tomorrow
what....you put on to go to bed
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Laugh and the whole world laughs
with you, cry and........you have to blow your nose
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None are so blind as.................Helen
Keller
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Children should be seen and
not.....spanked or grounded
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If at first you don't succeed.........get
new batteries
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You get out of something what
you....see pictured on the box
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When the blind leadeth the blind.....get
out of the way
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