About one in sixty-two thousand forwarded emails is worthy of reading.

This is one of them.

I thought all the teachers out there would like to read this. And if you want to do a similar exercise in class you can post some of the results in the comments. For the non-native speakers, if you want to know the correct version of any of these proverbs, just ask!

A first grade teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. Their insight may surprise you.

• 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 leadeth the blind … … get out of the way

And the best one:

• Better late than … … pregnant.

29 July 2008 5:34 pm
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