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