The Proverbs from children

[ROBIE]

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.

 

Don’t change horses ... until they stop running.

 

Strike while the ... bug is close.

 

It’s always darkest before ... daylight saving time.

 

Never underestimate the power of ... termites.

 

A rolling stone ... plays the guitar.

 

A bird in the hand is ... a real mess.

 

It is better to light one candle than to ... waste electricity.

 

It is better to light one candle than to ... light an explosive.

 

You have nothing to fear but ... your principal.

 

You have nothing to fear but ... homework.

 

If you can't stand the heat ... don't start the fireplace.

 

If you can't stand the heat ... go swimming.

 

The squeaking wheel gets ... annoying.

 

To err is human ... to eat a muskrat is not.

 

I think, therefore I ... get a headache.

 

Early to bed and early to rise ... is first in the bathroom.

 

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a ... blister.

 

There is nothing new under the ... bed.

 

The grass is always greener ... when you leave the sprinkler on.

 

The grass is always greener ... when you put manure on it.

 

Don’t count your chickens ... it takes too long.

 

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 ... Mister.

 

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 is 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.

 

Never put off 'til tomorrow what you ... should have done yesterday.

 

Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and ... you have to blow your nose.

 

Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and ... someone yells, "shut up!"

 

There are none so blind as ... Stevie 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 only what you ... see in the picture on the box.

 

When the blind lead the blind ... get out of the way.

 

 

 

 

Robie

[HazelStone]

Nice! I read 'em to my husband. He had a very different answer to "Happy is the bride..."

[Jeepers]

 

A Rolling Stone....plays the guitar.

<----------Keith Richards

 

 

 

[Midnightmom]

I can't remember, or don't know, the following proverbs. Check me out and see if I got them right......or, if you know them, give me the correct answer................please.

Never underestimate the power of ... a woman scorned???

It is better to light one candle than to ... ???

If you lie down with dogs, you'll ... get fleas.

Love all, trust ... none

You get out of something only what you .... put into it

When the blind lead the blind ... ???