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 other half. Their insight may surprise you.
* Better to be safe than...........................................Pun ch a 5th grader
* Strike while the .................................................. .Bug is close
* Never underestimate the power of...........................Termites
* You can lead a horse to water but...........................how?
* 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....................................polluti on
* Happy the bride who..............................................g ets all the presents
* A penny saved is................................................ ...not much
* Two's company, three's..........................................t he 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
* None are so blind as.............................................Ste vie Wonder
* 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
* When the blind lead the blind..................................get out of the way
Better late than.............................................. ....pregnant
* Better to be safe than...........................................Pun ch a 5th grader
* Strike while the .................................................. .Bug is close
* Never underestimate the power of...........................Termites
* You can lead a horse to water but...........................how?
* 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....................................polluti on
* Happy the bride who..............................................g ets all the presents
* A penny saved is................................................ ...not much
* Two's company, three's..........................................t he 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
* None are so blind as.............................................Ste vie Wonder
* 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
* When the blind lead the blind..................................get out of the way
Better late than.............................................. ....pregnant
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