Acting Smart = Proverbs

objective of th post :

-Learning interesting & challanging English proverbs.

where&resourses from :

REDSPOT Advanced Vocabulary for O level.

(purchased from Popular, its S$14.90)

Thoughts:

its a nice thick book which comprises of 10 different parts and have 365 tests.

able to upgrade your knowlegde in English.

(its something interesting tt i wanna share b4 th post on MEMORIES IN TH MONTH OF OCT)

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1.If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

2.What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts.

3.All that glitters is not gold.

4.Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.

5.You cannot make bricks without straw.

6.Set a thief to catch a thief.

7.Cross the stream where it is the shallowest.

8.The best fish swim near the bottom.

9.Fine feathers make fine birds.

10.If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

11.Rome was not built in a day.

12.All his geese are swans.

13.Every family has a skeleton in the closet.

14.First thrive and then wife.

15.People who live in glass should not throw stones.

16.Speech is silver , Silent is gold.

17.When the cat is away , the mice will play.

18.The course of true love never runs smooth.

19.Fortune knocks at least once in every man's door.

20.Don't teach grandmother to suck eggs.

21.Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave.

22.One man's meat is another man's poison.

23.Seeing is believing.

24.When in Rome , do as Romans do.

25.Half a loaf is better than no bread.

26.A friend's frown is better than a fool's smile.

27.No pain no gain.

28.Spare the rod and spoil the child.

29.Live not to eat , but eat to live.

30.Do unto others as you would others do unto you.

31.Cut your coat according to your cloth.

32.There is no smoke without fire.

33.Every cloud has a silver lining.

34.The more you get , the more you blant.

35.Paddle your own canoe.

(there is still alot more)