Kids' Proverbs

A third grade teacher collected well-known proverbs.
She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb,
and had them come up with the rest.


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

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

Strike while the.....bug is close.

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

Never under estimate the power of.....termites.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Don't bite the hand that.....looks dirty.

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

A penny saved is.....not much.

None are so blind as.....Helen Keller.


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