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The Proverbs' Puzzle Game
Proverbs: communication which sticks and lasts
Proverbs always were a very efficient way to transmit complex human knowledge across centuries, thanks to simplicity, use of images and often rhymes
How to Play the Proverbs' Game
Drag and drop each word in the right place to rebuild the proverbial sentence
You win when each word is in its correct position in the sentence
List of the Proverbs used in this Game
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
Men get spoiled by staying, Women get spoiled by wandering
Old soldiers never die; they just fade away
A house is not a home
A friend in need is a friend indeed
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan
It is no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted
Revenge is a dish best served cold
Never cast a clout until May be out
Money earned by deceit, goes by deceit
To err is human, to forgive divine
As you sow so shall you reap
Curiosity killed the cat
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb
The pen is mightier than the sword
Speech is silver
Nothing is certain but death and taxes
Horses for courses
Knowledge is power, guard it well
When the cat is away, the mice will play
A place for everything and everything in its place
If you think that you know everything, then you’re a Jack ass
First impressions are the most lasting
Clothes make the man
They that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind
It is the early bird that gets the worm
You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink
Do not let the bastards grind you down
If you cannot beat them, join them
Walk softly but carry a big stick
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man’s door
Never let the sun go down on your anger
It goes without saying
Feed a cold and starve a fever
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones
Do not teach your Grandmother to suck eggs
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs
Little pitchers have big ears
There is no accounting for tastes
If God had meant us to fly, he would have given us wings
He who can does, he who cannot, teaches
The best things in life are free
A prophet is not recognized in his own land
Nothing succeeds like success,
The straw that broke the camel’s back
The moon is made of green cheese
Out of sight, out of mind
A stitch in time saves nine
If at first you do not succeed, try, try again
Every Jack has his Jill
Do not cross the bridge till you come to it
Easy come, easy go
The longest journey starts with a single step
Let not the sun go down on your wrath
Do not burn your bridges behind you
Faint heart never won fair lady
A soft answer turneth away wrath
Even a worm will turn
When the going gets tough, the tough get going
Any port in a storm,
For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost
What goes around, comes around
Red sky at night shepherds delight; red sky in the morning, shepherds warning
The end justifies the means
One man’s meat is another man’s poison
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
There is safety in numbers
Money makes the world go around
Brevity is the soul of wit
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man
It needs a Hundred Lies to cover a Single Lie
There are two sides to every question
It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness
If you cannot stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
If wealth is lost, nothing is lost If health is lost, something is lost If character is lost, everything is lost
See a penny and pick it up, all the day you will have good luck; see a penny and let it lay, bad luck you will have all day
Boys will be boys
If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there would be no work for tinkers
There is many a slip ’twixt cup and lip
All the world loves a lover
He who pays the piper calls the tune
The labourer is worthy of his hire
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
Count your blessings
The exception which proves the rule
There is no such thing as bad publicity
You must have rocks in your head
Honesty is the best policy
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas
Cheats never prosper
Many a true word is spoken in jest
Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness
One law for the rich and another for the poor
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride
You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs
Marry in haste, repent at leisure
Give a man rope enough and he will hang himself
You are what you eat
Never reveal a man’s wage, and woman’s age
Fair exchange is no robbery
Talk is cheap
If you steal from one author, it is plagiarism; if you steal from many, it is research
A miss is as good as a mile
You cannot teach an old dog new tricks
Attack is the best form of defense
The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow
Shiny are the distant hills
God helps those who help themselves
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely
The husband is always the last to know
The female of the species is more deadly than the male
Good things come to those who wait
Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion
Fortune favours the brave
Do not keep a dog and bark yourself
Stupid is as stupid does
Heav’n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn’d,
Hunger never knows the taste, sleep never knows the comfort
There is no smoke without fire
He who laughs last laughs best
Make hay while the sun shines
Do not bite the hand that feeds you
Many a mickle makes a muckle
Another day, another dollar
Two heads are better than one
There’s none so deaf as those who will not hear
The child is the father of the man
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link
Many a little makes a mickle
The cobbler always wears the worst shoes
A little of what you fancy does you good
If the cap fits, wear it
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes
Only fools and horses work
One year’s seeding makes seven years weeding
Spare the rod and spoil the child
Least said, soonest mended
Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
No man can serve two masters
Let the buyer beware
Great minds think alike
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it
Put your money where your mouth is
You cannot make bricks without straw
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow
A new broom sweeps clean, but an old one knows where the dirt is
The bread never falls but on its buttered side
Where there is a will there is a way
A problem shared is a problem halved
All things come to those who wait
Keep your powder dry
Oil and water do not mix
All is well that ends well
Do not upset the apple-cart
No names, no pack-drill
You cannot judge a book by its cover
Set a thief to catch a thief
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
Whom the Gods love die young
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
It is better to cultivate a Land with two Bulls, rather working under Boss who never gives Wage when asked
Tell the truth and shame the Devil
Into every life a little rain must fall
A person is known by the company he keeps
Cleanliness is next to godliness
A picture is worth a thousand words
Better wear out than rust out
Enough is enough
Never speak ill of the dead
Work expands so as to fill the time available
April showers bring forth May flowers,
A penny saved is a penny earned
Ask my companion if I be a thief
It is no use crying over spilt milk
Two wrongs do not make a right
Once a thief, always a thief
When three women gather, it becomes noisy
Softly, softly, catchee monkey
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
To the victor go the spoils
If anything can go wrong, it will
Fine words butter no parsnips
All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds
Many hands make light work
Beggars should not be choosers,
Misery loves company
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
Rome was not built in a day,
Dead men tell no tales
Love makes the world go around
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear
In for a penny, in for a pound
Do not make a mountain of a mole hill
All roads lead to Rome,
Eat breakfast as a king, lunch as a merchant and supper as a beggar
Hard work never did anyone any harm
The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot
The proof of the pudding is in the eating
I’m going to have to give you the pink slip
Strike while the iron is hot
Beauty is only skin deep,
There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch
There is honour among thieves
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream
All good things must come to an end
Speak as you find
Forewarned is forearmed
Love of money is the root of all kinds of evil
If you give a mouse a cookie, he’ll always ask for a glass of milk
More haste, less speed
It is all grist to the mill
The squeaking wheel gets the grease
Youth is wasted on the young
You cannot get blood out of a stone
Make love not war
There is more than one way to skin a cat
The longest day must have an end
There are always more fish in the sea
When it rains it pours
Do not throw pearls to swine
Finders keepers, losers weepers
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die
If life deals you lemons, make lemonade
Every stick has two ends
Blood is thicker than water
All good things come to he who waits
The Devil looks after his own
The leopard does not change his spots
Big fish eat little fish
Needs must when the devil drives
The Devil finds work for idle hands to do
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive
Everything comes to those who wait
Jack of all trades, master of none
Do not cry over spilt milk
Time and tide wait for no man
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
The course of true love never did run smooth
The early bird catches the worm
There are none so blind as those that will not see
Fact is stranger than fiction
Do not cut off your nose to spite your face
A man with a hammer sees every problem as a nail
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
Do not throw the baby out with the bathwater
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me
Nature abhors a vacuum,
It is an ill wind that blows no one any good
The customer is always right
Two is company, but three is a crowd,
The bigger they are, the harder they fall
Flattery will get you nowhere
Little strokes fell great oaks
Never tell tales out of school
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
Crime does not pay
No rest for the wicked
That which does not kill us makes us stronger
Tomorrow is another day
He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle
Familiarity breeds contempt
No pain, no gain
Keep your chin up
Manners maketh man
What goes up must come down
Accidents will happen in the best-regulated families
You cannot make a silk purse from a sow’s ear
Nine tailors make a man,
First come, first served
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Faith will move mountains
A watched pot never boils
The best-laid schemes of mice and men often go awry
Business before pleasure
Good talk saves the food
You are never too old to learn
Half a loaf is better than no bread
What cannot be cured must be endured
Right or wrong, my country
Fight fire with fire
It is the empty can that makes the most noise
Do not look a gift horse in the mouth
Revenge is sweet
Haste makes waste
Never say never
Procrastination is the thief of time
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched
Life is what you make it
Good fences make good neighbours
What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over
Careless talk costs lives
All you need is love
Do not meet troubles half-way
Every little bit helps
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
A man works from sun to sun but a woman’s work is never done
Ask no questions and hear no lies
Slow but sure
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place
All things must pass
Might makes light
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,
Do not change horses in midstream
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone
If you have never seen the bottom of the tree, you cannot know how tall it stands
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
No guts, no glory
Love will find a way
You cannot have your cake and eat it too
Every cloud has a silver lining
The age of miracles is past
When in Rome, do as the Romans do
He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day
You can have too much of a good thing
Possession is nine-tenths of the law
Let sleeping dogs lie
Music has charms to soothe the savage beast
Adversity makes strange bedfellows
Discretion is the better part of valour
Do not try to walk before you can crawl
Christmas comes but once a year
East, west, home is best
It takes two to tango
Every picture tells a story
Once a witch always a witch
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt
Let the dead bury the dead
There is an exception to every rule
Third time is a charm
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts
Cold hands, warm heart
Take care of the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves
There is none so blind as those who will not see
Money talks
Ask a silly question and you will get a silly answer
Handsome is as handsome does
If we’re not back by dawn, call the President
Woman is the root of both good and evil
Seek and ye shall find
Any publicity is good publicity
All is grist that comes to the mill
Do not put new wine into old bottles
The apple never falls far from the tree
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones
Over greedy man, over wrathful woman will never flourish
Actions speak louder than words
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil
A word to the wise is enough,
Fish always stinks from the head downwards
Home is where the heart is
If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well
Time is money
In the kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man is king
Every dog has his day
Life is not all beer and skittles
If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, then Mohammed will go to the mountain
An Englishman’s home is his castle
Seeing is believing
Children should be seen and not heard
A good man is hard to find
Hard cases make bad law
Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn’d
Two blacks do not make a white
Better late than never
Every tide has its ebb
Let bygones be bygones
A poor workman always blames his tools
Do not wash your dirty linen in public
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive
The only way to understand a woman is to love her
Love is blind
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client
It is best to be on the safe side
Do not spoil the ship for a ha’pworth of tar
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing
Shrouds have no pockets
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom
Never judge a book by its cover
Do as I say, not as I do
Do not rock the boat
Barking dogs seldom bite,
History repeats itself
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Like father, like son
Comparisons are odious
A golden key can open any door
Wonders will never cease
While there is life there is hope
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you do not
Once bitten, twice shy
There is no fool like an old fool
It takes all sorts to make a world
He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Still waters run deep
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
Laughter is the best medicine
Marriages are made in heaven
You cannot win them all
It is easy to be wise after the event
If you cannot be good, be careful
Worrying never did anyone any good
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Money makes many things, but also makes devil dance
Do not cast your pearls before swine
Do not put all your eggs in one basket
Every man has his price
Bad news travels fast
Silence is golden
A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions
One swallow does not make a summer
Speak softly and carry a big stick
Behind every great man, there is a great woman
Better safe than sorry
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
The best defence is a good offence
Charity begins at home
The darkest hour is just before the dawn
There is nowt so queer as folk
One who believes in Sword, dies by the Sword
Failing to plan is planning to fail
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
Put your best foot forward
Do as you would be done by
Slow and steady wins the race
A rolling stone gathers no moss
Cut your coat according to your cloth,
One good turn deserves another
Necessity is the mother of invention
With a responsibility comes great power
Devil take the hindmost
Fish and guests smell after three days
A change is as good as a rest
The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach
Where there is muck there is brass
There is no time like the present
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Tell me who your friends are, and I’ll tell you who you are
Never give a sucker an even break
Give credit where credit is due
The more things change, the more they stay the same
It is the squeaky wheel that gets the grease
First things first
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Man does not live by bread alone
All is fair in love and war
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
A fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay
One hand washes the other
Do not put the cart before the horse
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself
You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
Give him an inch and he will take a mile
Never look a gift horse in the mouth
Empty vessels make the most noise
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it
A leopard cannot change its spots
In the midst of life, we are in death
Little things please little minds
There is one born every minute
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb
Cowards may die many times before their death
If you’re growing in Age,then you’re nearing to the Graveyard
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
All that glitters is not gold,
Birds of a feather flock together
A rising tide lifts all boats
Money does not grow on trees
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men
Laugh before breakfast, cry before supper
A trouble shared is a trouble halved
Penny wise and pound foolish
No news is good news
Prevention is better than cure
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