Proverb Problems ...     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:  

Proverb Problems

Boys will be ... stupid.

As you shall make your bed so shall you ... mess it up.

A fool and their money are soon ... buying candy.

Better to be safe than ... punch a 5th grader.

Bad news travels ... to the principal's office.

A bird in the hand is ... going to bite you.

Strike while the ... bug is close.

An apple a day keeps ... showing up in my lunch box.

If at first you don't succeed ... get new batteries.

It's always darkest before ... daylight savings time.

Don't count your chickens ... in the fryng pan.

Never under estimate 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 picture is worth a thousand ... dollars.

A miss is as good as a ... Mr.

You can't teach an old dog new ... math.

If you lie down with the dogs, you'll ... stink in the morning.

Love all, trust ... me.

The pen is mightier than the ... pigs.

Where there's a will there's a ... dead person.

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.

There is no fool like ... Uncle Charlie.

Two's company, three's ... the Musketeers.

Don't put off 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.

You get out of something what you ... see pictured on the box..

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



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