Children's Proverbs

A First Grade teacher collected old, well-known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb, then had the children complete the phrase. These were their answers.

"As you shall make your bed so shall you..." Mess it up.

"Better to be safe than..." Punch a 5th grader.

"Strike while the..." Bug is close.

"It's always darkest before..." Daylight savings time.

"You can lead a horse to water but..." How?

"Don't bite the hand that..." Looks dirty.

"A miss is as good as a..." Mister.

"You can't teach an old dog new..." Math.

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

"The pen is mightier than the..." Pigs.

"A penny saved is..." Not much.

"Two's company..." Three's the musketeers.

"Laugh and the whole world laughs with you; cry and..." You have to blow your nose.

"Children should be seen and not..." Spanked or grounded.

Remember - "A fool and his money will soon be..." In Las Vegas.

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