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English Proverbs : Proverb to Meaning III


Given the MEANING, identify the PROVERB

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1.

Be satisfied with whatever you get little at a time, and do not lose it for the greed to get it all at once.

  Might is right.

  Kill not the goose that lays golden eggs.

  The love of money is the root of all evil.

  Learn to walk before you run.

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2.

Do not expect too much of something received as a gift.

  Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

  It is too late to lock the stable when the horse has been stolen.

  Let sleeping dogs lie.

  The leopard cannot change its spots.

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3.

People in love do not see to each other's shortcomings.

  It never rains but it pours.

  Love is blind.

  The love of money is the root of all evil.

  Look before you leap.

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4.

The greater our expertise, the more influential we are.

  Live and let live.

  Knowledge is power.

  It is a sad heart that never rejoices.

  It is good fishing in troubled waters.

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5.

There are many to share the joys in good times but none to share the sorrow in bad times.

  Learn to walk before you run.

  The love of money is the root of all evil.

  It is useless to flog a dead horse.

  Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

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6.

Every calamity that occurs is of advantage to someone or the other.

  It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

  It is useless to flog a dead horse.

  Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

  Marriages are made in heaven.

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7.

Satisfy oneself before paying for a purchase and not complain after the transaction.

  Might is right.

  Let the buyer beware or Caveat emptor (Latin version).

  It is too late to lock the stable when the horse has been stolen.

  Man proposes, God disposes.

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