Proverbs grade4

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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A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

• Flies are attracted to honey
• Vinegar doesn't taste good
•  It is easier to get what you want by flattering people and being polite to them than by making demands
• Honey is sweet

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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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Look before you leap.

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

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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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Where there's a will, there's a way.

• Boys named Will know the way
• There's always a way to find Will.
• It's hard to find Will.
• If you are determined enough, you can find a way to do anything.

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Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

• Wealthy men are healthy.
• Wise men are healthy.
• Someone who gets enough sleep and startswork early in the day will have a successful life.
• You need to go to bed.

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All's well that ends well.

• If you feel well and the end, you will have a penny saved.
• Feeling well is important to feel well.
• If you start today, you'll finish tomorrow.
• Problems that occur along the way do not matter as long as the outcome is happy. 

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The task was _______________.

Even my little sister could finish it on time.

• a piece of cake

• the last straw

• a hot potato

Birds of a feather flock together

• If you can do something today, do it. Don’t wait until tomorrow; don’t procrastinate.

• Don’t try to do too many things at the same time; focus on one thing at a time

• People who are similar spend time together

• When you make money quickly, it’s very easy to lose it quickly as well