Proverbs Study Guide

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Should-Know (7)
love 6x 50.0% stumper $450 avg J:4 DJ:2
J $100 1995 It's the 4-letter word that "makes the world go round"
J $500 1996 This "is blind" but "a pennyweight of" it "is worth a pound of law"
DJ $1,200 2020 "Sine cerere et baccho friget Venus" means "without food and wine" this, represented by Venus, "grows cold"
time 5x 20.0% stumper $400 avg J:4 DJ:1
J $100 1990 It "flees away without delay," "has wings" & "flies"
J $500 1986 Ben Franklin said you shouldn't "squander" this, "for that is the stuff life is made of"
J $200 1991 Edward Young said, "Procrastination is the thief of" this
Money 4x $250 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $200 2017 "A fool & his" this "are soon parted"
DJ $200 1997 "Never marry for" this; "ye'll borrow it cheaper"
DJ $200 1994 "Idleness is the root of all evil" & so is "the love of" this
a lion 4x 25.0% stumper $600 avg J:4
J $500 2001 "Better to be the head of a dog than the tail of" this majestic animal
J $500 1986 According to the Bible a lazy man who doesn't want to go out to work will say there's 1 of these in the streets
J $600 2013 Now for your spring forecast... "March comes in like" this "& goes out like a lamb"
spoil the broth 4x 25.0% stumper $275 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $400 1989 Campbell's might put this proverb on a sampler over the chef schedules at the factory
J $100 1993 "Too many cooks..."
J $200 2008 Too many cooks...
another man's poison 4x 25.0% stumper $300 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $200 2007 "One man's meat is..."
J $600 2005 One mind's moat is another mind's prison
DJ $200 1998 It completes the proverb "One man's meat is..."
a watched pot never boils 4x $600 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $400 2004 Boils never watched a pot
J $600 2019 "A watched pot..."
J $800 2006 "A watched P.N.B."
Worth Knowing (84)
opportunity 3 marry 3 until the fat lady sings 3 twice shy 3 the wind 3 the grease 3 the bone 3 Strike while the iron is hot 3 play 3 its weakest link 3 home 3 healthy, wealthy & wise 3 contempt 3 Actions speak louder than words 3 a woman scorned 3 In wine, truth 3 while the sun shines 2 war 2 Two heads are better than one 2 to catch a thief 2 the sweeter the meat 2 The pen is mightier than the sword 2 the devil 2 spring 2 Sleep 2 Sheep 2 run deep 2 rocks the cradle 2 Practice what you preach 2 patience 2 one man's meat 2 necessity 2 music 2 Miss 2 look 2 last 2 haste 2 get out of the kitchen 2 fool 2 dead men 2 Clothes 2 broken 2 birds of a feather 2 Beware of Greeks bearing gifts 2 Better late than never 2 beggars 2 Bark 2 absence 2 A watched pot 2 "Silence is golden" 2 your eyes 2 Work 2 without straw 2 wins the race 2 In vino veritas 2 fire 2 there's hope 2 The walls have ears 2 as the twig is bent 2 he who pays the piper calls the tune 2 the tongue 2 the pen 2 one might as well be hanged for stealing a sheep as a lamb 2 the human breast 2 the bigger they come, the harder they fall 2 tell no tales 2 a stitch in time saves nine 2 Hope for the best but prepare for the worst 2 one good turn deserves another 2 Once Bitten 2 in the mouth 2 make light work 2 Lay down his life 2 a liar 2 If you lie down with dogs, you'll wake up with fleas 2 if wishes were horses, beggars would ride 2 a horse 2 every man for himself 2 cleanliness is next to godliness 2 garbage in, garbage out 2 faint heart never won fair lady 2 eat, drink and be merry 2 Come to an end 2 a change 2

British Literature

2 answers | 5 clues
Worth Knowing (2)
let sleeping dogs lie 3 a free lunch 2

Shakespeare

2 answers | 4 clues
Worth Knowing (2)
Honesty 2 All's well that ends well 2
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