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.

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 ________ Helen Keller.

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.

Famous last words

I'll get a world record for this.

Gee, that's a cute tattoo.

It's fireproof.

He's probably just hibernating.

What does this button do?

I'm making a citizen's arrest.

It's probably just a rash.

Are you sure the power is off?

The odds of that happening have to be a million to one!

Which wire am I supposed to cut?

I've seen this done on TV.

These are the good kind of mushrooms.

I'll hold it and you light the fuse.

I'll get your toast out.

This doesn't taste right.

It's strong enough for both of us.

Nice doggie.

Well we've made it this far.

Don't be so superstitious.

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