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.
* 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
* 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
