New Proverbs

A first grade teacher collected well-known proverbs and gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder. Here are the results.

- Better to be safe than... punch a 5th grader.
- Strike while the... bug is close.
- It's always darkest before... Daylight Savings Time.
- Never underestimate the power of... termites.
- You can lead a horse to water but... how?
- Don't bite the hand that... looks dirty.
- No news is... impossible.
- A miss is as good as a... Mr.
- You can't teach an old dog new... math.
- If you lie down with dogs, you'll... stink in the morning.
- Love all, trust... me.
- The pen is mightier than the... pigs.
- An idle mind is... the best way to relax.
- Where there's smoke there's... pollution.
- Happy the bride who... gets all the presents.
- A penny saved is... not much.
- Two's company, three's... the Musketeers.
- Don't put off till tomorrow what... you put on to go to bed.
- Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and... you have to blow your nose.
- None are so blind as... Stevie Wonder.
- Children should be seen and not... spanked or grounded.
- If at first you don't succeed... get new batteries.
- You get out of something what you... see pictured on the box.
- When the blind lead the blind... get out of the way.

AND perhaps the best of all...

- Better late than... pregnant