Proverbs

The early bird catches the worm.

• Birds are good at catching worms
•  If you wake up and get to work early, you willsucceed
• Getting up early gets you worms for breakfast
• It's better to stay in bed

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

Look before you leap.

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

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

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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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.RL.4.4

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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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.RL.4.4

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.

"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.

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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CCSS.L.4.5B

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

Someone who helps you when you are in trouble.

• A friend in need is a friend indeed

• Honesty is the best policy

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

• better late than never

• crying over spilt milk