The teacher of a first grade class collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. Here are the results:

• 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 . . . . . . pig.
  
  
• 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 . . . . . . Stevie Wonder.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Better late than . . . . . . pregnant.