Proverbs

We should not overspend. As the saying goes, ______.

• look before you leap

• laughter is the best medicine

• every cloud has a silver lining

• cut your coat according to your cloth

If we do an activity regularly, we will become very good at it. As the saying goes, ________.

• great minds think alike

• practice makes perfect

• practise what you preach

• don’t try to run before you can walk

The things we do are more important than the things we say we will do. As the saying goes, __________.

• A) practice what you preach

• B) do as you would be done by

• C) a still tongue keeps a wise head

• D) actions speak louder than words

You didn’t work hard enough and as a result, you failed the exam. As the saying goes, _________.

• knowledge is power

• you reap what you sow

• make hay while the sun shines

• the early bird catches the worm

If we help one another, we will be able to finish the work quickly. As the saying goes, _________.

• many hands make light work

• prevention is better than cure

• the more haste, the less speed

• birds of a feather flock together

A home is the place where the people you love are. As the saying goes, ______.

• charity begins at home

• home is where the heart is

• an Englishman’s home is his castle

• eat somebody out of house and home

Do not worry too much for something that has yet to happen. As the saying goes, _________.

• don’t judge the book by its cover

• don’t carry all your eggs in one basket

• don’t count the chickens before they are hatched

• don’t cross your bridges before you come to them

Sometimes, you only need one person to get the job done well. As the saying goes, __________.

• no man can serve two masters

• one good turn deserves another

• too many cooks spoil the broth

• a rolling stone gathers no moss

Family relationships are more important than relationships with other people. As the saying goes, _________.

• charity begins at home

• home is where the heart is

• blood is thicker than water

• birds of a feather flock together

My aunt misses her son who is working in Dubai. As the saying goes, _________.

• thorns and roses grow on the same tree

• absence makes the heart grow fonder

• great oaks from little acorns grow

• all things grow with love