Lesson on Adages

Although I was still mad at my cousin for losing my book, I decided to let sleeping dogs lie and not mention it again.

• It is better not to restart an old argument
• It is better to let your relatives' pets sleep on the floor

When Danny asked his grandmother while she saved used wrapping paper, she replied, "Waste not, want not."

• If you don't want anything, you are not a wasteful person.
• If you carefully save things, you will not find yourself in need of things.

I didn't want to move to a different town, but every cloud has a silver lining, I made lots of friends at my new school.

• You can find something good in every bad situation.
• You can find interesting shapes in every cloud in the sky.

Better ....................... than never.

• safe
• delayed
• now
• late

Practice makes ___________

• eggs

• checks

• hens

• perfect

Let's get up at 6 am to make it to the store before the crowds arrive.  Early bird gets the worm!

• If you start something early you have a better chance of succeeding.
• Birds get up early to find worms.
• If you get up early, you will find the worms you want.
• Birds that like worms need to get up early.

Damon sat by the window watching for the mailman.  "Damon, your video game will come eventually, don't you know that a watched pot never boils?" said Greg.

• The mailman never comes when you want him to.
• It is too dangerous to watch a pot of water boil.
• Things you look forward to seem to take forever to happen.
• Watching for the mailman is like a boiling pot of water.  It's boring.

Don't judge a book by ________.

• its pages

• its title

• cover

• cheese

I think your book needs some work, but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. You don't need to start all over.

• It is not safe to give small children baths.
• Don't get rid of your little brother or sister after they take a bath.
• Save everything.
• Don't get rid of something completely because part of it is not perfect.

____________ of a feather flock together.

• Dinosaurs
• Fish
• Birds
• Flies