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What is the missing word that completes each proverb?


1. The early _______ catches the worm.
Answer: bird

2. Early to bed and early to _______, Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Answer: rise

3. Easier _______ than done.
Answer: said


4. East or west, home is _______.
Answer: best

5. Easy come, _______ go.
Answer: easy

6. An _______ sack cannot stand upright.
Answer: empty

7. Empty vessels make the most _______.
Answer: sound

8. Every ass likes to hear himself _______.
Answer: bray

9. Every _______ has a silver lining.
Answer: cloud

10. Every _______ has his day.
Answer: dog

11. Every _______ thinks its own pack heaviest.
Answer: horse

12. Every Jack must have his _______.
Answer: Jill

13. Every _______ helps.
Answer: little

14. Every man is his own worst _______.
Answer: enemy

15. Every medal has two _______.
Answer: sides

16. Every _______ must be an acorn.
Answer: oak

17. Everything comes to him who _______.
Answer: waits

18. Everything must have a _______.
Answer: beginning

19. The exception proves the _______.
Answer: rule

20. Experience is the _______ of wisdom.
Answer: mother

21. Experience is the _______ of fools.
Answer: teacher

22. An eye for an eye, and a _______ for a tooth.
Answer: tooth

23. Familiarity breeds _______.
Answer: contempt

24. Finder's _______, loser's weepers.
Answer: keepers

25. Fine feathers make fine _______.
Answer: birds

26. _______ were made before forks.
Answer: Fingers

27. The first blow is half the _______.
Answer: battle

28. First _______ your hare.
Answer: catch

29. First _______, first served.
Answer: come

30. The _______ that nibbles at every bait will soon be caught.
Answer: fish

31. A fool and his _______ are soon parted.
Answer: money

32. Fools rush in where _______ fear to tread.
Answer: angels

33. For the want of a _______ the shoe was lost.
Answer: nail

34. _______ and forget.
Answer: Forgive

35. _______ favors the brave.
Answer: Fortune

36. A friend in _______ is a friend indeed.
Answer: need

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