Kid's Proverbs
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.
- 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 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 your nose
- None are so blind as ... Helen Keller
- 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 leadeth the blind ... get out of the way