Proverbs
(Fill in the blanks with the correct words.)
(See answer key here.)
A _________ in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Absence makes the _________ grow fonder.
Actions speak louder than _________.
A fool and his _________ are soon parted.
A friend in need is a friend _________.
All that glitters is not _________.
An apple a day keeps the _________ away.
An ounce of prevention is worth a _________ of cure.
A penny saved is a penny _________.
A rolling stone gathers no _________.
A stitch in time saves _________.
A watched pot never _________.
Beauty is in the eye of the _________.
Beggars can’t be _________.
Better late than _________.
Birds of a feather _________ together.
Blood is thicker than _________.
Do unto others as you would have _________ do unto you.
Don’t bite the hand that _________ you.
Don’t change horses in the _________ of the stream.
Don’t count your chickens before they _________.
Don’t cry over spilled _________.
Don’t judge a book by its _________.
Don’t put all your eggs in one _________.
Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do _________.
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, _________, and wise.
Give him an inch and he’ll take a _________.
Half a loaf is better than _________.
Haste makes _________.
His bark is worse than his _________.
He who hesitates is _________.
Honesty is the best _________.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try _________.
If life gives you lemons, then make _________.
If the shoe fits, _________ it.
If you can’t beat them, _________ them.
Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and you cry _________.
Let sleeping dogs _________.
Let the cat out of the _________.
Look before you _________.
Misery loves _________.
Money doesn’t grow on _________.
Money _________.
Never a borrower or _________ be.
No news is _________ news.
_________ is the mother of invention.
No good _________ goes unpunished.
Nothing ventured, nothing _________.
Once bitten, twice _________.
Out of sight, out of _________.
Practice makes _________.
Practice what you _________.
Quality is better than _________.
Rome wasn’t built in a _________.
Seeing is _________.
Slow and steady wins the _________.
Spare the rod and _________ the child.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but _________ will never hurt me.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the _________.
The best things in life are _________.
The early bird catches the _________.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the _________.
The _________ is mightier than the sword.
There’s more than one way to skin a _________.
Time heals all _________.
Time _________ for no man.
Tomorrow never _________.
Too many cooks spoil the _________.
Two heads are better than _________.
Two wrongs don’t make a _________.
True gold is not afraid of the refiner’s _________.
Variety is the _________ of life.
When in Rome, do as the _________ do.
When the cat’s away, the _________ will play.
Where there’s a will, there’s a _________.
Where there’s smoke, there’s _________.
You can’t have your cake and _________ it too.
You can’t teach an old _________ new tricks.