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. Here are the results:
1. As you shall make your bed so shall you … Mess it up
2. Better be safe than … Punch a 5th Grader.
3. Strike while the … Bug is close.
4. It’s always darkest before … Daylight Saving Time.
5. Never under estimate the power of … Termites
6. You can lead a horse to water, but … How?
7. Don’t bite the hand that … Looks dirty.
8. No news is … Impossible.
9. A miss is as good as a … Mr.
10. You can’t teach an old dog … Math.
11. If you lie down with the dogs, you’ll … Stink in the morning.
12. Love all, trust … Me.
13. The pen is mightier than the … Pigs.
14. An idle mind is … The best way to relax.
15. Happy the bride who … Gets all the presents.
16. A penny saved is … Not much.
17. Two’s company, three’s … The Musketeers.
18. Don’t put off til tomorrow what … You put on to go to bed.
19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and … You have to blow your nose.
20. None are so blind as … Helen Keller.
21. Children should be seen and not … Spanked or grounded.
22. If at first you don’t succeed … Get new batteries.
23. You get out of something what you … See pictured on the box.
24. When the blind leadeth the blind … Get out of the way.
25. There is no fool like … Aunt Eddie.