Proverbs From the First Grade...
A first grade teacher collected well-known proverbs. She gave each kid in the class the first half of the proverb, and asked them to fill in the rest. Here's what the kids came up with:
- 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... math.
- If you lie down with dogs, you... will 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 is smoke, there's... pollution.
- Happy is the bride who... gets all the presents.
- A penny saved is... not much.
- Two is company, three's... The Musketeers.
- 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.
- There is no fool like... Aunt Edie.
- Laugh and the whole world laughs with you. Cry and... you have to blow your nose.