School: Kilbeg (roll number 11039)

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1. Proverbs (continued)

   

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   "Don't put the cart before the horse."
   "Spare the rod and spoil the child."
   "Never spend your money before you have it."
   "Don't judge the book by the cover."
   "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."
   "Many hands make light work."
   "Too many cooks spoil the meat."
   "An empty sack cannot stand."
   "Half a loaf is better than no bread."

   "Little said is easily mended and what you don't say at all you won't have to mend."
   Hear, see and say little."
   "Think twice before you speak once."
   "There are two sides to every story."
   "An old thief is a good tracker."
   "Don't count your chickens before they are hatched."
   "It's not use crying over spilt milk."
   "Where there is muck there is luck."
   "Good luck is better than early rising."
   "As the old cock crows the young one learns."
   "Like father like son."
   "Eaten bread is soon forgotten."
   "Never venture never win."

   

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. proverbs (~4,377)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Reilly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kilbeg Lower, Co. Meath