Proverbs

Proverbs

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A picture is worth a thousand words

• An image has more meaning than a description

• Pictures are worth money

• What you do is more important than what you say

• Anyone can make a difference by taking pictures

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"The cat is out of the bag" means ______.

• being free.

• the bag is so big that you can keep the cat in it.

• the secret that has been told.

• letting the cat out from the misery.

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Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today

• Do what you can while you still have the chance

• Don't risk everything on just one thing

• What you do is more important than what you say

• If you are patient, good things will come

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Don't put all your eggs in one basket

• Don't risk everything on just one thing

• Don't carry too much or you'll drop it

• Patient people are more happy

• Be prepared

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Better safe than sorry

• Be prepared

• Be patient

• Be kind

• Be yourself

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Beggars can't be choosers

• If you get something you asked for, don't complain about it

• Don't be a beggar

• Don't be a chooser

• What you do is more important than what you say

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Actions speak louder than words

• What you do is more important than what you say

• Talking solves nothing

• Be prepared

• If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all

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Not everything that glimmers is gold

• Not everything that looks precious is precious

• If it looks good, it probably is good

• If it doesn't look precious, it probably is precious

• Gold isn't that valuable

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A fool and his money are soon parted

• If you don't spend your money wisely, you will lose it

• You should never spend money

• You should spend all of your money

• Not everything that looks precious is precious

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The grass is not always greener on the other side

• Other people don't have it better than you

• You should worry about your own lawn

• Appreciate what you have

• What you do is more important that what you say

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Every dog has its day

• Everyone will have good luck some day

• Everyone gets second chances

• Everyone's dog is good

• Other people don't have it better than you

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You're barking up the wrong tree

• You are asking the wrong person
• Trees have bark on them
• To tell your dog to stop barking
• Accomplish two tasks with one action

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An apple a day keeps the doctor away

• All other fruit is bad for you
• Doctors say to eat apples
• Eating healthy keeps you from getting sick
• Apple gummies do not count

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The early bird catches the worm

• Birds eat a lot of worms when they are hungry
• Accomplish two tasks by one action
• Whoever arrives first has the best chance for success
• None of the above

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Fiona always tells the truth because she believes that _______

• honesty is the best policy

• a stitch in time saves nine

• birds of a feather flock together

• a fool and his money are soon parted

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Jia Meng went to the exhibition hall early to get a good seat. As the saying goes, __________________

• knowledge is power

• look before you leap

• the early bird catches the worm

• when the cat is away, the mice will play

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__________________ . The project can never be finished if all of us just want to be the leaders.

• A watch pot never boils

• Too many cooks spoil the broth

• Don't judge a book by its cover

• There is no such thing as a free lunch

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My sister practises playing the piano every day because __________ .

• no pain, no gain

• practice makes perfect

• the early bird catches the worm

• don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today

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You should do it instead of just talking about it. As the saying goes, __________________________

• a stitch in time saves nine

• actions speak louder than words

• the proof of the pudding is in the eating

• a journey of thousand miles begins with a single step

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My brother promised my father that he would give up football for three months before the exam but my father told him he would wait and see because _________________ .

• practice makes perfect

• a miss is as good as a mile

• actions speak louder than words

• do not count the chickens before they are hatched

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__________________ . The project can never be finished if all of us just want to be the leaders.

• Many hands make light work

• Too many cooks spoil the broth

• Don't judge a book by its cover

• A friend in need is a friend indeed

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If all of us work together to complete a task, each person will have less work to do and the task will be completed faster.

As the saying goes, _______________.

• a friend in need is a friend indeed

• if you can't beat them, join them

• many hands make light work

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An apple a day

• keeps the pain cover.

• keeps the patient happy.

• keeps the doctor away.

• keeps the time precious.

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A friend in need

• is an enemy too.

• is the best friend forever.

• is a friend indeed.

• is always blame others.

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A bad workman always.....

• blames his arm.

• blames himself.

• blames his effort.

• blames his tools.

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Actions speak louder.......

• than tongue.

• than mouth.

• than words.

• than promises.

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A bird in the_________ is worth two in the bush.

• pocket

• bag

• hand

• mouth

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First come, first_________.

• served

• killed

• play

• eat

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The more help we have from others, the easier a big job becomes to complete.

• Many hands make light work

• Money doesn't grow on trees

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Don't express regret for something that has happened and cannot be remedied.

• better late than never

• crying over spilt milk

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Someone who helps you when you are in trouble.

• A friend in need is a friend indeed

• Honesty is the best policy

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The proverb "Too many cooks spoil the broth" talks about _________.

• the struggle of creating something.

• the trouble of too many people trying to do the same thing at once.

• the situation in a kitchen.

• the problem of having too many cooks in the kitchen

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A penny saved is a penny earned.

• A penny is valuable.
• You can earn pennies.
  You can earn pennies.
• A penny isn't worth much.
• Money not spent is money that is in one's pocket.

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"Don't count your chickens before their hatched".

that proverb means ...

• If you're asking for a favor from someone else, you have to take what you get.

• Do not make the people who helped you angry

• Wait until you've already succeeded and then you can think about what to do next.

• Different people have different ideas about what's beautiful.

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If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck. It's a duck.

• Something is exactly what it seems to be.

• Ducks to a lot of walking.

• Somethings look like ducks.

• If you quack, you're a duck.

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Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

• All the eggs don't fit in one basket.
• You need to get a bigger basket.
• Buy smaller eggs.
• Don't put all your prospects into one thing.

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Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

• Counting the eggs is more important.
• You should not count on something before it happens
• Chickens are hard to count.
• Waiting for the chickens is hard to do.

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Look before you leap.

• Think before you act.
• Look and then jump.
• Jumping is good exercise
• Looking is important

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The early bird catches the worm.

• Birds are good at catching worms

• If you wake up and get to work early, you will succeed

• Getting up early gets you worms for breakfast

• It's better to stay in bed