A Grade Three 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.
- The pen is mightier than the......pigs.
- An idle mind is......the best way to relax.
- Where there's smoke, there's......pollution.
- Love all, trust......me.
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Out of the mouth of babes….. comes what you least expect!
GM,
Glad you enjoyed them.
Marianna, I am a genuine third grader!
Marianna! Oh my gosh, these are killing me! Just now getting to check out your blog. Loving it and will have to follow your tweets to keep up for sure!
Thanks for sharing and dropping by my blog tonight!
Tamara,
If I had known you were coming by, I would have put the kettle on! 🙂
As they say, out of the mouth of babes. Speaking of which, you might like this past post entitled “Poopspective” – http://changeofheartstresssolutions.blogspot.com/2009/06/poopspective.html