Proverbs according to kids
by Unknown


  

The teacher of a first grade class 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. 


Here are the results:

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 . . . . . . pig.

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 . . . . . . 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 what you . . . . . . see pictured on the box.

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

Better late than . . . . . . pregnant.

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