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English Proverbs : Proverb to Meaning V


Given the MEANING, identify the PROVERB

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1.

This is said in jest when a person we have been talking about meets us.

  A watched pot never boils.

  Talk of the devil and the devil appears.

  A fool and his money are soon parted.

  Where ignorance is bliss it is folly to be wise.

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2.

We cannot assume anything is ours until we actually get it.

  There is no smoke without fire.

  To err is human.

  When the cat is away the mice will play.

  There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

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3.

It is beneficial when persons reason jointly and make up for each other's deficiencies.

  Every ass likes to hear himself bray.

  Variety is the spice of life.

  Two heads are better than one.

  United we stand, divided we fall.

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4.

Unalloyed happiness is impossible, because joy and sorrow go together.

  There is no rose without a thorn.

  Where ignorance is bliss it is folly to be wise.

  What's done cannot be undone.

  You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

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5.

Pain or grief diminish or disappear with the passage of time.

  There is no smoke without fire.

  What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

  Time is a great healer.

  United we stand, divided we fall.

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6.

Rumours are not baseless but have some truth in them.

  Where there's a will there's a way.

  Waste not, want not.

  Talk of the devil and the devil appears.

  There is no smoke without fire.

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7.

There is too little of what we want and too much of what we don't want.

  To err is human.

  Well begun is half done.

  Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.

  When the cat is away the mice will play.

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