Quiz 1 of 50 -- Proverbs

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 If you wait anxiously for something, it seems to take a long time. 1 A watched pot never boils
2 Who makes himself a sheep will be eaten by the wolves.
3 A friend to all is a friend to none.
4 Out of sight, out of mind.
5 Ignorance is bliss.
2 We should not try to control our destiny. 1 Let the chips fall where they may.
2 Blood is thicker than water
3 You are what you eat.
4 When poverty comes in the door, love goes out the window.
5 A broken friendship may be soldered but will never be sound.
3 A person's character is judged by the type of people with whom they spend their time. 1 The end justifies the means.
2 If two ride a horse, one must ride behind.
3 A man is known by the company he keeps.
4 Better flatter a fool than fight him.
5 There is no fool like an old fool.
4 With practice things become easier. 1 Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.
2 All things are difficult before they are easy.
3 Better lose the saddle than the horse.
4 Money begets money.
5 True friends are tested in adversity.
5 Avoid regrets by taking time to think before speaking or acting angrily. 1 The pen is mightier than the sword
2 Don't bark if you can't bite.
3 Necessity is the mother of invention.
4 If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid 100 days of sorrow.
5 Only real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.
6 We tend to forget people or things that we do not see. 1 Great oaks grow from little acorns.
2 Losers weepers, finders keepers.
3 Out of sight, out of mind.
4 A flower blooms more than once.
5 Lightning never strikes in the same place twice
7 Disclosing important information ( to the enemy or a competitor) could result in large losses. 1 Loose lips sink ships.
2 A loveless life is a living death.
3 Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
4 Memory is the treasure of the mind.
5 To err is human, to forgive divine
8 Consider possible consequences before taking action. 1 Look before you leap.
2 Loose lips sink ships.
3 If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.
4 Actions speak louder than words.
5 It's no use crying over spilt milk.
9 Friends can be more dangerous than enemies. 1 Anger is the one thing made better by delay.
2 If you want a friend, be a friend.
3 Every man has his price.
4 Rome was not built in a day.
5 Save me from my friends.
10 What look good on the outside may not be so in reality. 1 All days are short to Industry and long to Idleness.
2 Every cloud has a silver lining
3 The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
4 Kindness begets kindness.
5 All that glitters is not gold.
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 *A humoristic version of "an apple a day keeps the doctor away". 1 An onion a day keeps everyone away.*
2 Pride comes before a fall.
3 Clear moon, frost soon.
4 Poverty waits at the gates of idleness.
5 If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid 100 days of sorrow.
12 Our destiny depends on God's will. 1 Good accounting makes good friends.
2 One man's meat is another man's poison
3 Easier said than done.
4 Man proposes, God disposes.
5 Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade.
13 People like to listen to themselves talking. 1 Every ass likes to hear himself bray.
2 You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
3 Short reckonings make long friends.
4 Beauty is only skin deep.
5 Man proposes, God disposes.
14 You cannot expect to achieve anything if you don't take risks. 1 One swallow doesn't make a summer.
2 You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
3 Clothes don't make the man.
4 Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
5 Where there's a will, there's a way.
15 Knowing somebody very well may lead to a lack of respect for them. 1 Out of sight, out of mind.
2 Beauty is the wisdom of women.
3 One man's trash is another man's treasure.
4 Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
5 Familiarity breeds contempt
16 Some unfortunate events must be accepted as inevitable. 1 Save me from my friends.
2 Accidents will happen.
3 There is a black sheep in every flock.
4 Ignorance is bliss.
5 Let the chips fall where they may.
17 Only a real friend will tell you the truth. 1 All things grow with time - except grief.
2 Only real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.
3 No man is an island.
4 Ignorance is bliss.
5 Kindness begets kindness.
18 Family relationships are stronger than relationships with other people. 1 Blood is thicker than water
2 Put all your eggs in one basket
3 Hatred is a blind as love.
4 A new broom sweeps clean.
5 If you want a friend, be a friend.
19 Possibly: a person's manners show their origins. 1 Practise what you preach
2 A friend to all is a friend to none.
3 Manners make the man.
4 Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
5 Little strokes fell great oaks.
20 Plants and crops will grow badly if there is no rain in early spring. 1 If in February there be no rain, 'tis neither good for hay nor grain.
2 He who pays the piper calls the tune.
3 Still waters run deep.
4 Man proposes, God disposes.
5 Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 Children often speak wisely. 1 Man proposes, God disposes.
2 A man is known by the company he keeps.
3 Don't bark if you can't bite.
4 Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today
5 Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings
22 A person makes more progress if they do things less quickly. 1 Don't bark if you can't bite.
2 A leopard cannot change its spots.
3 The more haste, the less speed.
4 Punctuality is the soul of business
5 Too many cooks spoil the broth.
23 Destroy something that would be a source of wealth or success. 1 Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
2 A bad tree does not yield good apples.
3 Kill the goose that lays the golden egg.
4 An empty purse frightens away friends.
5 Prevention is better than cure
24 The least intelligent people are often the most talkative or noisy. 1 The tongue wounds more than a lance.
2 An empty purse frightens away friends.
3 Empty vessels make the most noise.
4 Hunger is a good sauce.
5 Great minds think alike.
25 Do not fear death 1 Dead men tell no tales
2 Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.
3 Poverty waits at the gates of idleness.
4 Memory is the treasure of the mind.
5 A man can die but once.
26 Wrong or unfair methods may be used if the result of the action is good. 1 One of these days is none of these days.
2 Silence gives consent.
3 Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings
4 Better to drink the milk than to eat the cow.
5 The end justifies the means.
27 You think that something is true because you want it to be so. 1 One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
2 In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
3 Every man for himself.
4 Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
5 The wish is father to the thought.
28 A well-done job takes time. 1 Good and quickly seldom meet.
2 All days are short to Industry and long to Idleness.
3 Better untaught than ill-taught
4 The best advice is found on the pillow.
5 Rome was not built in a day.
29 Warn many by punishing a few. 1 Kill one to warn a hundred.
2 The die is cast.
3 Nobody is perfect.
4 The more haste, the less speed.
5 You never know what you can do until you try.
30 Insults can be more hurtful than physical injuries. 1 Practise what you preach
2 The tongue wounds more than a lance.
3 Truth is stranger than fiction.
4 Hunger is a good sauce.
5 A leopard cannot change its spots.
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 It's better to do something, even if it's late, than not do it at all. 1 Great minds think alike.
2 Waste not, want not.
3 Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
4 Better late than never.
5 Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
32 All food tastes good when you are hungry. 1 Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
2 What a man says drunk, he thinks sober.
3 Hunger is a good sauce.
4 Might as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb
5 Elbow grease is the best polish.
33 What you eat has an effect on your well-being. 1 Beauty is only skin deep.
2 Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
3 You are what you eat.
4 If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.
5 Love is blind.
34 Every good thing has an unpleasant side. 1 Walls have ears.
2 Advice is cheap.
3 The devil looks after his own.
4 Every rose has its thorn.
5 The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
35 The most difficult thing is to begin. 1 The first step is the hardest.
2 April showers bring May flowers.
3 Better lose the saddle than the horse.
4 Let bygones be bygones.
5 Justice delayed is justice denied.
36 If too many people are involved in something, it will not be done properly. 1 A swallow does not make the summer.
2 The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
3 Too many cooks spoil the broth.
4 Accidents will happen.
5 A problem shared is a problem halved.
37 Manage to produce something good using poor material. 1 Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
2 Wisdom is better than strength.
3 Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
4 A loaded wagon makes no noise.
5 In times of prosperity friends are plentiful.
38 Everybody needs a certain amount of relaxation. It is not good to work all the time. 1 Better be the head of a dog then the tail of a lion.
2 If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.
3 Hunger is a good sauce.
4 Spare the rod and spoil the child
5 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
39 It's better not to be taught at all than to be taught badly. 1 Everything in the garden is rosy.
2 Better untaught than ill-taught
3 A new broom sweeps clean.
4 He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.
5 Elbow grease is the best polish.
40 People are less discreet under the influence of alcohol. 1 Love is blind.
2 Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
3 Advisers run no risks.
4 A man is known by the company he keeps.
5 What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals.
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 You can show the path, but not walk the path for others. You can offer someone an opportunity to do something but you can't force them. 1 You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
2 Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today
3 Time has wings.
4 Little strokes fell great oaks.
5 Let bygones be bygones.
42 Don't complain if you can't enforce your point of view. 1 Don't bark if you can't bite.
2 All things are difficult before they are easy.
3 A loaded wagon makes no noise.
4 Procrastination is the thief of time
5 You are never too old to learn.
43 Someone who helps you when you are in trouble is a real friend. 1 Clothes don't make the man.
2 In times of prosperity friends are plentiful.
3 Man proposes, God disposes.
4 A friend in need is a friend indeed.
5 Stolen fruit is the sweetest.
44 Knowledge leads us to make choices. 1 You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
2 The tongue wounds more than a lance.
3 A flower blooms more than once.
4 Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
5 He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.
45 What is forbidden is the most tempting. 1 Stolen fruit is the sweetest.
2 Discretion is the better part of valour
3 A loveless life is a living death.
4 Beauty is only skin deep.
5 Dead men tell no tales
46 When you are away from someone you love, you love them even more. 1 Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
2 Advice is least heeded when most needed.
3 Better untaught than ill-taught
4 As you sow, so shall you reap
5 Practise what you preach
47 Something bad or unpleasant today may bring good things in the future. 1 You are what you eat.
2 Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
3 April showers bring May flowers.
4 Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.
5 Money doesn't grow on trees.
48 When you work you avoid temptation. 1 If you want a friend, be a friend.
2 Virtue is its own reward.
3 A stitch in time saves nine.
4 Tall oaks grow from little acorns.
5 Constant occupation prevents temptation.
49 Try first before deciding not to do something. 1 You never know what you can do until you try.
2 You are what you eat.
3 Advisers run no risks.
4 Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.
5 Truth has no answer.
50 It is easier to prevent something from happening than to repair the damage or cure the disease later. 1 Memory is the treasure of the mind.
2 Prevention is better than cure
3 What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals.
4 A bird in hand is worth two in a bush.
5 Advice is cheap.
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 If you behave in a risky way, you are likely to have problems. 1 He who plays with fire gets burnt.
2 You are never too old to learn.
3 It never rains but it pours.
4 Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.
5 Easier said than done.
52 The most difficult time is just before a problem is solved. 1 A swallow does not make the summer.
2 Dogs of the same street bark alike.
3 Necessity is the mother of invention.
4 It is always darkest before the dawn
5 Actions speak louder than words.
53 You can obtain more cooperation from others by being nice. 1 A tree is known by its fruit.
2 Little strokes fell great oaks.
3 A rising tide lifts all boats.
4 Honey catches more flies than vinegar.
5 Silence gives consent.
54 A bad parent does not raise good children. 1 A good example is the best sermon.
2 A bad tree does not yield good apples.
3 Wisdom is the beauty of men.
4 All good things come to those who wait.
5 The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
55 If the law is applied too late, there is no justice. 1 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
2 A good example is the best sermon.
3 A man is as old as he feels himself to be.
4 Justice delayed is justice denied.
5 The more haste, the less speed.
56 It's easier to give advice than to act. 1 Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
2 Advisers run no risks.
3 Too much bed makes a dull head.
4 All good things come to those who wait.
5 True friends are tested in adversity.
57 Knowledge makes it possible for you to act. 1 Knowledge is power.
2 A fool and his money are soon (easily) parted.
3 When the cat's away, the mice play.
4 A bird in hand is worth two in a bush.
5 A tree is known by its fruit.
58 Inexperienced people act in situations that more intelligent people would avoid 1 Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
2 All things are difficult before they are easy.
3 Spare the rod and spoil the child
4 A broken friendship may be soldered but will never be sound.
5 Where there's life there's hope.
59 Friendships can be rebuilt after a dispute but will never be as strong as before. 1 A fool and his money are soon (easily) parted.
2 A broken friendship may be soldered but will never be sound.
3 Better to drink the milk than to eat the cow.
4 Put all your eggs in one basket
5 A monkey in silk is a monkey no less.
60 It is wrong to harm someone because they have harmed you. 1 Two wrongs don't make a right
2 Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
3 A fault confessed is half redressed.
4 You are what you eat.
5 Man is the head of the family; woman is the neck that turns the head.
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 Doing a lot of different things makes life more interesting. 1 Variety is the spice of life.
2 Laughter is the best medicine.
3 Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.
4 You are what you eat.
5 Don't bark if you can't bite.
62 Everyone's loyalty can be bought for a price. 1 Every man has his price.
2 Blood is thicker than water
3 One today is worth two tomorrow.
4 In times of prosperity friends are plentiful.
5 The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.
63 Possible interpretation: an easily influenced person can be mislead. 1 A loaded wagon makes no noise.
2 One man's meat is another man's poison
3 Who makes himself a sheep will be eaten by the wolves.
4 The early bird catches the worm.
5 If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid 100 days of sorrow.
64 Life is what you make it. 1 Out of sight, out of mind.
2 Let bygones be bygones.
3 Cleanliness is next to godliness.
4 Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
5 Home is where the heart is.
65 Education is something you keep forever. 1 Diseases of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body.
2 The devil looks after his own.
3 Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
4 Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
5 Revenge is sweet.
66 It's better to avoid disputes with stupid people. 1 There is safety in numbers
2 Poverty waits at the gates of idleness.
3 Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
4 Better flatter a fool than fight him.
5 The first step is the hardest.
67 There is always one who doesn't behave or perform like the others. 1 However long the night, the dawn will break
2 There is a black sheep in every flock.
3 Wisdom is better than strength.
4 All's well that ends well
5 A good beginning makes a good end.
68 Success comes to those who deserve it least . 1 Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.
2 The devil looks after his own.
3 Money begets money.
4 You are never too old to learn.
5 A bad tree does not yield good apples.
69 A person who is used to doing things a certain way cannot change. 1 Better safe than sorry
2 You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
3 The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.
4 Distance makes the heart grow fonder.
5 Laughter is the best medicine.
70 Correcting a small mistake may help you to avoid making a bigger one. 1 Truth has no answer.
2 Time has wings.
3 A stumble may prevent a fall.
4 Might as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb
5 Great minds think alike.
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 Eating fruits every day can keep you healthy, A small preventive treatment wards off serious problems. 1 An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
2 Save me from my friends.
3 In times of prosperity friends are plentiful.
4 One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
5 Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
72 No matter how someone dresses, it's the same person underneath. 1 The first step is the hardest.
2 A monkey in silk is a monkey no less.
3 Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.
4 You never know what you can do until you try.
5 Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
73 Feeling very comfortable. 1 Snug as a bug in a rug.
2 Don't judge a book by its cover.
3 Put all your eggs in one basket
4 Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today
5 If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.
74 There is a solution to everything even though there are doubts. 1 Honey catches more flies than vinegar.
2 Manners make the man.
3 All's well that ends well
4 Punctuality is the soul of business
5 He can who believes he can.
75 You have to accept the consequences of your actions. 1 The best things in life are free.
2 Blood is thicker than water
3 Look before you leap.
4 As you sow, so shall you reap
5 To err is human, to forgive divine
76 Don't miss opportunities that come along. 1 A rotten apple spoils the barrel.
2 Anger is the one thing made better by delay.
3 He who pays the piper calls the tune.
4 Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
5 Charity begins at home.
77 If you miss an occasion, you can avail of it at another time. 1 Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
2 The wish is father to the thought.
3 A flower blooms more than once.
4 After dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile.
5 A rising tide lifts all boats.
78 Appearances can be deceiving. 1 Who makes himself a sheep will be eaten by the wolves.
2 Clothes don't make the man.
3 The early bird catches the worm.
4 The devil makes work for idle hands
5 Poverty waits at the gates of idleness.
79 More things are possible with thinking than force 1 Every cloud has a silver lining
2 Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.
3 Every rose has its thorn.
4 Wisdom is better than strength.
5 Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings
80 A person who feels hatred does not see any qualities in the person he/she hates. 1 Good and quickly seldom meet.
2 Hatred is a blind as love.
3 No man is an island.
4 Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade.
5 The tongue wounds more than a lance.
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 After an unpleasant experience, people are careful to avoid something similar. 1 No man can serve two masters.
2 Kill one to warn a hundred.
3 A good conscience is a soft pillow.
4 The best advice is found on the pillow.
5 Once bitten, twice shy.
82 If you want to do something successfully, you should do it as soon as you can. 1 Where there's a will, there's a way.
2 Kindness begets kindness.
3 The early bird catches the worm.
4 Money doesn't grow on trees.
5 A stitch in time saves nine
83 It doesn't cost anything to offer advice. 1 A swallow does not make the summer.
2 Advice is cheap.
3 Nobody is perfect.
4 Every man has his price.
5 Experience is the father of wisdom.
84 If you lose something you weep, if you find something you keep it. 1 A stitch in time saves nine
2 Distance makes the heart grow fonder.
3 Everything in the garden is rosy.
4 A bad tree does not yield good apples.
5 Losers weepers, finders keepers.
85 When one's financial situation deteriorates, friends tend to disappear. 1 A fault confessed is half redressed.
2 Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
3 Cleanliness is next to godliness.
4 Variety is the spice of life.
5 An empty purse frightens away friends.
86 Age is in the mind 1 Let bygones be bygones.
2 A man is as old as he feels himself to be.
3 Better be alone than in bad company.
4 Kill the goose that lays the golden egg.
5 Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.
87 It takes a long time to do a job properly. You should not expect to do it quickly. 1 Kill one to warn a hundred.
2 Rome was not built in a day.
3 When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
4 Necessity is the mother of invention.
5 The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
88 Children resemble their parents. 1 Out of sight, out of mind.
2 Dead men tell no tales
3 The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
4 The more you have, the more you want.
5 Better safe than sorry
89 A older person is expected to behave more sensibly. 1 Accidents will happen.
2 Health is better than wealth.
3 Little strokes fell great oaks.
4 Saying is one thing, doing is another.
5 There is no fool like an old fool.
90 Feed a man well and he will love you. 1 Honesty is the best policy.
2 Saying is one thing, doing is another.
3 The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
4 The more haste, the less speed.
5 A bad workman blames his tools.
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 If you get married too quickly, you may spend all your life regretting it. 1 The devil looks after his own.
2 In times of prosperity friends are plentiful.
3 It is always darkest before the dawn
4 A bad tree does not yield good apples.
5 Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
92 A change in routine is often as refreshing as a break or a holiday. 1 Time has wings.
2 Give someone an inch and they will take a mile (or yard).
3 A change is as good as a rest.
4 A swallow does not make the summer.
5 The early bird catches the worm.
93 It's not good to do too many things at the same time. 1 He who is everywhere is nowhere.
2 Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
3 Ignorance is bliss.
4 Truth has no answer.
5 Advice is least heeded when most needed.
94 If you do not work you will not make money. 1 Poverty waits at the gates of idleness.
2 An Englishman's home is his castle.
3 Kill one to warn a hundred.
4 In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
5 Rome was not built in a day.
95 Time is valuable and should not be wasted. 1 Time is money.
2 You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
3 One swallow doesn't make a summer.
4 Too many cooks spoil the broth.
5 Any time means no time.
96 Be careful. People could be listening. 1 Walls have ears.
2 Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
3 A young idler, an old beggar.
4 Cleanliness is next to godliness.
5 Distance makes the heart grow fonder.
97 If you depend on just one thing, and it fails you, you will have no alternatives. 1 A watched pot never boils
2 An empty purse frightens away friends.
3 Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
4 The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.
5 A burnt child dreads the fire.
98 You should adopt the customs of the people or country you are visiting, and behave in the same way. 1 Justice delayed is justice denied.
2 Every cloud has a silver lining
3 Great oaks grow from little acorns.
4 When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
5 All days are short to Industry and long to Idleness.
99 One should learn from one's mistakes. 1 Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
2 Truth is stranger than fiction.
3 Patience is a virtue
4 Loose lips sink ships.
5 Like father, like son.
100 We all need other people. 1 There is a black sheep in every flock.
2 No man is an island.
3 Better late than never.
4 Least said soonest mended.
5 Cleanliness is next to godliness.
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