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Commonly–used Proverbs Page1 1. A ___ penny always turns up. 2. A bird in the hand is worth ___ in the bush. 3. A chain is no stronger than its weakest ___. 4. A fool and his money ___ soon parted. 5. A friend in need is a ___ indeed. 6. A man is known by ___ friends. 7. A man is known by the company ___ keeps. 8. A man's home ___ his castle. 9. A rolling stone gathers ___ moss. 10. A stitch ___ time saves nine. 11. A woman's place is in the ___. 12. A woman's ___ is never done. 13. Absence makes the heart ___ fonder. 14. Actions speak louder ___ words. 15. After a storm comes ___ calm. Page2 1. All good things must come to an ___. 2. All is fair in love ___ war. 3. All roads lead ___ Rome. 4. All that glitters is ___ gold. 5. All the world ___ a lover. 6. All work and no play makes Jack a dull ___. 7. All's well that ends ___. 8. An apple a ___ keeps the doctor away. 9. Appearances ___ deceptive. 10. April showers brings ___ flowers. 11. As soon as man is born ___ begins to die. 12. As you make your bed, so must ___ lie in it. 13. As you sow, so shall ___ reap. 14. Ask no questions and hear ___ lies. 15. Bad news travels ___. Page3 1. Barking ___ seldom bite. 2. Beauty is ___ skin-deep. 3. Beggars can't ___ choosers. 4. Better late ___ never. 5. Better ___ safe than sorry. 6. Better die with honor than live ___ shame. 7. Better the devil you know ___ the devil you don't know. 8. Better to ___ alone than in bad company. 9. Birds ___ a feather flock together. 10. Blood ___ thicker than water. 11. Boys will ___ boys. 12. Business ___ pleasure. 13. Business ___ business. 14. Charity begins ___ home. 15. Christmas comes but ___ a year. Page4 1. Cleanliness is next ___ godliness. 2. Crime does ___ pay. 3. Curiosity killed ___ cat. 4. Dead men have ___ friends. 5. Dead men tell ___ tales. 6. Death is the ___ leveler. 7. Diligence is the mother of ___ fortune. 8. Discretion is the better part ___ valor. 9. Divide ___ rule. 10. Do as I say, and ___ as I do. 11. Do not wear out ___ welcome. 12. Do unto others as you would like ___ to do unto you. 13. Don't count your chickens ___ they are hatched. 14. Don't cut off your nose to spite ___ face. 15. Don't go near the water until you learn ___ to swim. Page5 1. Don't put all your eggs in ___ basket. 2. Don't wash ___ dirty linen in public. 3. Early to bed and early to ___, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 4. Easier said ___ done. 5. Every bird loves to ___ himself sing. 6. Every dog ___ his day. 7. Every family has a skeleton ___ the cupboard. 8. Every man ___ his faults. 9. Every man ___ his price. 10. Every man ___ his own worst enemy. 11. Every picture tells a ___. 12. Experience is the ___ teacher. 13. Experience is the mother ___ wisdom. 14. Failure ___ success. 15. Faith will ___ mountains Page6 1. Familiarity ___ contempt. 2. Fear is stronger ___ love. 3. Fear of death is worse ___ death itself. 4. Fight fire ___ fire. 5. Finders keepers, ___ weepers. 6. First come, ___ served. 7. First things ___. 8. First think, and ___ speak. 9. Fools rush ___ where angels fear to tread. 10. Garbage in, garbage___. 11. Give credit ___ credit is due. 12. Give him an inch and he'll ___ a yard. 13. Give ___ devil his due. 14. God helps them ___ help themselves. 15. Good fences ___ good neighbors. Page7 1. Goodness is better ___ beauty. 2. Great minds ___ alike. 3. He is the ___ general who makes the fewest mistakes. 4. He that is master of himself, will soon be master of ___. 5. He that ___ nothing, doubts nothing. 6. He that plants a tree plants ___ posterity. 7. He who hesitates ___ lost. 8. Honesty is the ___ policy. 9. If a job's worth doing, it's worth ___ well. 10. Ignorance ___ bliss. 11. Ignorance of the law excuses ___ man. 12. In for a penny, ___ for a pound. 13. It is ___ to be on the safe side. 14. It is no use crying ___ spilt milk. 15. It never rains, but ___ pours. Page8 1. It takes ___ to tango. 2. Jack of ___ trades, master of none. 3. Keep your mouth shut and your ___ open. 4. Laughter is the ___ medicine. 5. Let bygones ___ bygones. 6. Let sleeping dogs ___. 7. Let ___ buyer beware. 8. Let the dead ___ their dead. 9. Life is just a ___ of cherries. 10. Lightning never strikes ___ in the same place. 11. Like father, like ___. 12. Like mother, like ___. 13. Live ___ learn. 14. Live and ___ live 15. Look after number ___. Page9 1. Look before ___ leap. 2. Look on ___ bright side. 3. Love conquers ___. 4. Love ___ blind. 5. Love makes the ___ go round. 6. Love sees ___ faults. 7. Love will ___ a way. 8. Make hay while the ___ shines. 9. Man cannot ___ by bread alone. 10. Many hands ___ light work. 11. Marriages ___ made in heaven. 12. Might ___ right. 13. Mind your ___ business. 14. Money is the root of ___ evil. 15. Money ___ everything. Page10 1. Necessity is the ___ of invention. 2. Never judge ___ appearances. 3. Never ___ a gift horse in the mouth. 4. Never ___ your liquor. 5. Never ___ die. 6. Never speak ___ of the dead. 7. Never too ___ to learn. 8. Never too late ___ repent. 9. No man can serve ___ masters. 10. No man ___ indispensable. 11. No news ___ good news. 12. No pain, ___ gain. 13. Nothing is certain ___ death and taxes. 14. Nothing succeeds ___ success. 15. Nothing ventured, ___ gained. Page11 1. Old habits ___ hard. 2. Old soldiers never ___, they simply fade away. 3. One ___ turn deserves another. 4. One man's loss is another man's ___. 5. Opportunity seldom knocks ___. 6. Out of sight, ___ of mind. 7. Patience ___ a virtue. 8. Penny wise, ___ foolish. 9. Practice ___ perfect. 10. Practice what ___ preach. 11. Prevention is better ___ cure. 12. Rain, rain, go away, come ___ another day. 13. Rats desert a sinking ___. 14. Revenge ___ sweet. 15. Robbing Peter ___ pay Paul. Page12 1. Scratch my back and ___ scratch yours. 2. Seeing ___ believing. 3. Silence ___ golden. 4. Something is better ___ nothing. 5. Spare the rod and spoil ___ child. 6. Speak when you ___ spoken to. 7. Still waters run ___. 8. Strike while the iron is ___. 9. Sweet things are ___ for the teeth. 10. The best ___ first. 11. The best of friends ___ part. 12. The best things in life are ___. 13. The bigger they are, the ___ they fall. 14. The burnt ___ dreads the fire. 15. The early bird catches ___ worm. Page13 1. The end justifies ___ means. 2. The female of the species is more deadly than the ___. 3. The ___ step is the hardest. 4. The grass is always greener on the ___ side of the fence. 5. The last straw breaks the camel's ___. 6. The more one knows, the ___ one believes. 7. The more you get, the more you ___. 8. The pot calls the kettle ___. 9. The proof of the pudding ___ in the eating. 10. There are only twenty-four hours in a ___. 11. There are two sides to ___ question. 12. There is a time and a place ___ everything. 13. There ___ no honor among thieves. 14. There is more than one ___ to skin a cat. 15. There is safety ___ numbers. Page14 1. There's a black sheep in ___ flock. 2. There's no fool like an ___ fool. 3. There's no place ___ home. 4. There's no ___ without fire. 5. There's one law for the rich, and another for the ___. 6. They that dance must ___ the fiddler. 7. Things are not always ___ they seem. 8. Those who live in glass houses should not ___ stones. 9. Time cures ___ things. 10. Time ___. 11. Time is ___ great healer. 12. Time is ___. 13. To err is ___. 14. Tomorrow is ___ day. 15. Too ___ cooks spoil the broth. Page15 1. True love ___ grows old. 2. Trust is the mother ___ deceit. 3. Turn the ___ cheek. 4. Two heads are ___ than one. 5. Two is company, ___ is a crowd.