A first grade teacher collected well-known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb, and had them come up with the rest. Their insight may surprise you...

• 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.