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.
[Note: My 2nd grade teacher did the same thing back in the 1970’s and got the results published in the local paper in Phoenix and even got some of them read by Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show.]
* 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…………..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
* 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