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Can you complete these proverbs?

Post by Rogg » Mon Sep 16, 2024 8:58 pm

Can you complete these proverbs? 15 well-known sayings that offer wisdom, supposedly.

I'm struggling with two of them.

It could be tough for our English as a second language people?


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Re: Can you complete these proverbs?

Post by tungsten tossers » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:00 pm

throw stones

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Post by tungsten tossers » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:00 pm

2.. hot

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Post by tungsten tossers » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:01 pm

3.. policy

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Post by tungsten tossers » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:01 pm

4.. on the other side

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Post by tungsten tossers » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:02 pm

5.. keeps the doctor away

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Post by tungsten tossers » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:02 pm

6.. that feeds

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Post by tungsten tossers » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:02 pm

7.. a day

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Post by tungsten tossers » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:02 pm

8.. spilt milk

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Post by tungsten tossers » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:03 pm

9.. without breaking eggs

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Post by tungsten tossers » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:03 pm

10.. run

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Post by Rogg » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:04 pm

tungsten tossers wrote: Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:03 pm 9.. without breaking eggs
Don't look Emu.
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Post by Rogg » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:05 pm

11 and 13, I struggle.
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Post by tungsten tossers » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:05 pm

11.. gets the grease (or maybe gets the oil)

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Post by tungsten tossers » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:05 pm

13... light work

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Post by tungsten tossers » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:06 pm

12.. gathers no moss

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Post by tungsten tossers » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:06 pm

14.. do as the romans do

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Post by tungsten tossers » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:07 pm

15... grow fonder

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Re: Can you complete these proverbs?

Post by tungsten tossers » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:07 pm

Rogg wrote: Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:04 pm
tungsten tossers wrote: Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:03 pm 9.. without breaking eggs
Don't look Emu.
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Re: Can you complete these proverbs?

Post by Rogg » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:11 pm

tungsten tossers wrote: Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:05 pm 13... light work
Ok that makes sense, even though it is unfamiliar.
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