Kids Proverbs

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.

• 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
• 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 … Helen Keller
• 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