| It's what "the squeaky wheel gets" |
the grease |
200 |
December 27, 2019 |
| When it comes to team participation, remember that "a chain is no stronger than" this |
its weakest link |
400 |
December 27, 2019 |
| A computer term, GIGO is short for this |
garbage in, garbage out |
600 |
December 27, 2019 |
| Economist Milton Friedman was fond of the saying, "There's no such thing as" this |
a free lunch |
800 |
December 27, 2019 |
| In Spanish this familiar proverb is "Mas vale tarde que nunca" |
Better late than never |
|
December 27, 2019 |
| It is said that this "lies at the bottom of a well"; it's also "stranger than fiction" |
truth |
200 |
January 28, 2013 |
| It's the proverb represented by the trio seen here |
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil." |
400 |
January 28, 2013 |
| Now for your spring forecast"... "March comes in like" this "& goes out like a lamb" |
a lion |
600 |
January 28, 2013 |
| The Spanish equivalent of this proverb is "No solo de pan vive el hombre" |
Man doesn\'t live by bread alone |
800 |
January 28, 2013 |
| Especially in today's job market, "He who would climb" this "must begin at the bottom" |
the corporate ladder |
1000 |
January 28, 2013 |
| These "make the man" |
Clothes |
100 |
October 6, 1999 |
| This "makes the heart grow fonder" |
Absence |
200 |
October 6, 1999 |
| Shakespeare said that "no legacy is so rich as" this; maybe that's why it's "the best policy" |
Honesty |
300 |
October 6, 1999 |
| It "never boils" |
A watched pot |
400 |
October 6, 1999 |
| A Turkish proverb describes a perfect serving of this as "Black as hell, strong as death & sweet as love" |
Coffee |
500 |
October 6, 1999 |
| Unfortunately, this "travels fast" |
Bad news |
100 |
December 10, 1998 |
| It's the best time to "make hay" |
While the sun shines |
200 |
December 10, 1998 |
| It's a good thing "you can't make" this "out of a sow's ear", who'd want to? |
A silk purse |
300 |
December 10, 1998 |
| It's been called "The greatest thief, for it steals half one's life" |
Sleep |
500 |
December 10, 1998 |
| "Men make houses" but "Women make" these |
A home |
|
December 10, 1998 |
| It "makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise" |
"Early to bed and early to rise" |
100 |
June 15, 1998 |
| In "The Wizard of Oz", Dorothy clicks her heels & repeats this before she's whisked back to Kansas |
"There\'s no place like home" |
200 |
June 15, 1998 |
| It "seldom knocks twice", so make the most of it |
Opportunity |
300 |
June 15, 1998 |
| "Better the foot slip than" this body part |
Tongue/lip |
400 |
June 15, 1998 |
| "Manus manum lavat" is the Latin equivalent of this proverb |
"One hand washes the other" |
500 |
June 15, 1998 |
| A variation of this footwear proverb says "If the glove fits, wear it" |
If the shoe fits... |
100 |
January 30, 1998 |
| It's been joked that "people who live in" these proverbial structures "should undress in the basement" |
glass houses |
200 |
January 30, 1998 |
| "A closed" one "catches no flies" |
a mouth |
300 |
January 30, 1998 |
| You have to "give" him "his due" |
the devil |
400 |
January 30, 1998 |
| "The difficult is done at once"; this "takes a little longer" |
the impossible |
500 |
January 30, 1998 |
| This product changed the proverb "It never rains but it pours" to "When it rains it pours" |
Morton salt |
100 |
April 2, 1997 |
| "Even a worm will" do this |
Turn |
200 |
April 2, 1997 |
| "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man" does this "for his friends" |
Lay down his life |
300 |
April 2, 1997 |
| This is "forearmed" |
Forewarned |
400 |
April 2, 1997 |
| Do this but, "Prepare for the worst" |
Expect/hope for the best |
500 |
April 2, 1997 |
| "You can lead" one of these "to water, but you can't make him drink" |
Horse |
100 |
February 27, 1997 |
| According to Edison, "There's no substitute for hard" this |
Work |
200 |
February 27, 1997 |
| "There is a black" one of these animals "in every flock" |
Sheep |
300 |
February 27, 1997 |
| "A shut" one of these "catches no flies" |
Mouth |
400 |
February 27, 1997 |
| "There's no" one of these "like an old" one |
Fool |
500 |
February 27, 1997 |
| "You can't make a silk purse" out of this |
a sow\'s ear |
100 |
November 27, 1996 |
| "Imitation is the sincerest form of" it, but beware, it "corrupts both the receiver and the giver" |
flattery |
200 |
November 27, 1996 |
| It's where you should "never tell tales" |
out of school |
300 |
November 27, 1996 |
| The saying "Strike while the iron is hot" originally alluded to this profession |
blacksmith |
400 |
November 27, 1996 |
| These two things "wait for no man" |
time and tide |
500 |
November 27, 1996 |
| You should "make" this "slowly" because it "makes waste" |
haste |
100 |
October 21, 1996 |
| It's "better late than never" but "better" this "than sorry" |
safe |
200 |
October 21, 1996 |
| Based on biblical quotes, the 3 things you should do "because tomorrow we die" |
eat, drink and be merry |
300 |
October 21, 1996 |
| Meaning intelligent people can take a hint, this proverb ends, "...is sufficient" |
a word to the wise |
400 |
October 21, 1996 |
| If Jim Carrey were to make a sequel to this 1985 film of his, it would probably be called "Twice Shy" |
<i>Once Bitten</i> |
500 |
October 21, 1996 |
| According to Aesop, "Slow and steady" does this |
wins the race |
100 |
September 16, 1996 |
| These, "like pie-crust, are made to be broken" |
promises |
200 |
September 16, 1996 |
| The Latin proverb "cito maturum cito putridum" translates to "quickly ripe quickly" this |
quickly rotten |
300 |
September 16, 1996 |
| It's the popular term for the saying "If anything can go wrong, it will" |
Murphy\'s law |
400 |
September 16, 1996 |
| "It is not work that kills, but" this; it also turns the hair gray |
worry |
500 |
September 16, 1996 |
| It's what "you cannot teach an old dog" |
new tricks |
100 |
February 15, 1996 |
| It "gathers no moss" |
a rolling stone |
200 |
February 15, 1996 |
| Completes the proverb "cold hands,..." |
a warm heart |
300 |
February 15, 1996 |
| It's what "The road to hell is paved with" |
good intentions |
400 |
February 15, 1996 |
| An old variation of this proverb said, "The dashe of a pen, is more greeuous then the counter use of a launce" |
the pen is mightier than the sword |
500 |
February 15, 1996 |
| "Health is better than" this rhyming word |
wealth |
100 |
January 8, 1996 |
| A proverb about the generation gap says, "The old" one of these animals "thinks she was never a calf" |
a cow |
200 |
January 8, 1996 |
| In his 16th century book of proverbs, John Heywood wrote, "When" this "shineth, make hay" |
the sun |
300 |
January 8, 1996 |
| "Don't" do this "until you come to it" |
cross the bridge |
400 |
January 8, 1996 |
| Pliny the elder said, "There is always something new out of" this continent; Isak Dinesen would agree |
Africa |
500 |
January 8, 1996 |
| "Haste makes" this |
waste |
100 |
December 29, 1995 |
| "Poor Richard's Almanack" said this animal "in gloves catches no mice" |
a cat |
200 |
December 29, 1995 |
| This food is "the staff of life" |
bread |
300 |
December 29, 1995 |
| A rhyming proverb tells us "A swarm of bees in" this month "is worth a load of hay" |
May |
400 |
December 29, 1995 |
| A proverb has been defined as "The wisdom of many and the wit of" this many |
one |
500 |
December 29, 1995 |
| Not only is this "mightier than the sword", it's "more dangerous than a lion's paw" |
the pen |
100 |
November 2, 1995 |
| "The spirit is" this "but the flesh is weak" |
willing |
200 |
November 2, 1995 |
| "A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf" one of these |
a deaf husband |
300 |
November 2, 1995 |
| "A clean glove often hides a dirty" one of these |
a hand |
400 |
November 2, 1995 |
| Completes the modern proverb "Garbage in,..." |
garbage out |
500 |
November 2, 1995 |
| "Experience is the mother of wisdom" & this "is the mother of of invention" |
necessity |
100 |
September 26, 1995 |
| It's advised that you "Don't go near the water until you learn" this |
how to swim |
200 |
September 26, 1995 |
| Do this "in haste, and repent at leisure" |
marry |
300 |
September 26, 1995 |
| It's "no stronger than its weakest link" |
a chain |
400 |
September 26, 1995 |
| It's been called "the only universal tongue", "the speech of angels" & "the eye of the ear" |
music |
500 |
September 26, 1995 |
| "Straws show which way" this "blows" |
the wind |
100 |
September 5, 1995 |
| "Might makes" this |
right |
200 |
September 5, 1995 |
| According to Kipling, "The female of the species is more" this "than the male" |
deadly |
300 |
September 5, 1995 |
| A Latin proverb says "In vino" this |
veritas |
400 |
September 5, 1995 |
| "Iron not used soon" does this |
rusts |
500 |
September 5, 1995 |
| It's the 4-letter word that "makes the world go round" |
love |
100 |
July 7, 1995 |
| There's "no time like" this |
the present |
200 |
July 7, 1995 |
| It's the type of pot that "never boils" |
a watched pot |
300 |
July 7, 1995 |
| It "comes not alone" & "makes waste" |
haste |
400 |
July 7, 1995 |
| "Every" one of these "fits not every foot" |
a shoe |
500 |
July 7, 1995 |
| "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man" these 3 things |
healthy, wealthy & wise |
100 |
April 3, 1995 |
| It completes the proverb "Never put off till tomorrow..." |
what you can do today |
200 |
April 3, 1995 |
| As well as "a virtue", it's also "The key of paradise" |
patience |
300 |
April 3, 1995 |
| It is said that "Man learns little from success, but much from" this |
failure |
400 |
April 3, 1995 |
| It's worth "a pound of cure" |
an ounce of prevention |
500 |
April 3, 1995 |
| "Actions speak louder than" these |
words |
100 |
September 5, 1994 |
| The 2 things that "make Jack a dull boy" |
all work and no play |
200 |
September 5, 1994 |
| "Home is where the heart is" & "a man's home is" this |
his castle |
300 |
September 5, 1994 |
| According to a proverb, it's what you should do with "well enough" |
leave it alone |
400 |
September 5, 1994 |
| A choice for some anglers might be to "fish or" do this |
cut bait |
500 |
September 5, 1994 |
| "You can't judge a book by its binding", nor by this |
its cover |
100 |
May 5, 1994 |
| It's long been said, "If you want peace, you must prepare" for this |
war |
200 |
May 5, 1994 |
| An African proverb says, "Leave a log in the water as long as you like, it will never be" this reptile |
a crocodile |
300 |
May 5, 1994 |
| Completes the proverb "The spirit is willing, but..." |
the flesh is weak |
400 |
May 5, 1994 |
| "No rose without a thorn" & "no garden without" these |
weeds |
500 |
May 5, 1994 |
| This "is thicker than water" |
blood |
100 |
November 11, 1993 |
| "Honesty is the best" this |
policy |
200 |
November 11, 1993 |
| "A heavy purse makes a light" one of these organs |
a heart |
300 |
November 11, 1993 |
| According to Alexander Pope, "Hope" does this "in the human breast" |
"springs eternal" |
400 |
November 11, 1993 |
| One variation of a 16th c. proverb says these creatures "and guests smell after three days" |
fish |
500 |
November 11, 1993 |
| "All things come to him who" does this |
waits |
100 |
May 21, 1993 |
| This type of "fruit is sweet" or "sweetest" |
forbidden |
200 |
May 21, 1993 |
| In "The Tempest", Shakespeare wrote, "Misery acquaints a man with strange" ones of these |
bedfellows |
300 |
May 21, 1993 |
| On this holiday "all the birds of the air in couples do join" |
Valentine\'s Day |
400 |
May 21, 1993 |
| According to Ovid, "To be loved" you have to be this |
lovable |
500 |
May 21, 1993 |
| "When the cat's away" this happens |
the mice will play |
100 |
January 15, 1992 |
| It's "The better part of valor" |
discretion |
200 |
January 15, 1992 |
| It's derived from the Latin phrase "Manus manum lavat" |
One hand washes the other |
400 |
January 15, 1992 |
| It's often said that "Faint heart never won" this |
fair maiden (or fair lady) |
500 |
January 15, 1992 |
| Proverbial title of the following old standard: |
"The Best Things In Life Are Free" |
|
January 15, 1992 |
| A Chinese proverb tells us, "A hasty man drinks" this steeped beverage "with a fork" |
tea |
100 |
November 27, 1991 |
| This can be "bliss", or "the night of the mind" |
ignorance |
200 |
November 27, 1991 |
| "God made the earth but" these people "made Holland" |
the Dutch |
300 |
November 27, 1991 |
| "Never marry for" this, "Ye'll borrow it cheaper" |
money |
400 |
November 27, 1991 |
| This "mother of invention" "and opportunity may make a coward valiant" |
necessity |
500 |
November 27, 1991 |
| "It's a silly" one of these "that is caught with the same bait twice" |
a fish |
100 |
May 21, 1991 |
| Edward Young said, "Procrastination is the thief of" this |
time |
200 |
May 21, 1991 |
| "Lucky at cards, unlucky in" this |
love |
300 |
May 21, 1991 |
| This many "feet of earth make all men equal" |
six feet |
400 |
May 21, 1991 |
| "He gets a double victory, who conquers" this person |
himself |
500 |
May 21, 1991 |
| One source says it's "lies agreed upon" & most agree that it "repeats itself" |
history |
100 |
May 17, 1991 |
| âEveryâ one of these âhas his dayâ |
a dog |
200 |
May 17, 1991 |
| They're the "those" that "heaven helps" |
those who help themselves |
300 |
May 17, 1991 |
| These "make fine birds" |
fine feathers |
400 |
May 17, 1991 |
| Do this âto live and donât live toâ do it |
eat |
500 |
May 17, 1991 |
| "He laughs best who laughs" this way |
last |
100 |
April 4, 1991 |
| In "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", Aesop warns that these "are often deceiving" |
appearances |
200 |
April 4, 1991 |
| Its what "Many hands make" |
short (light) work |
300 |
April 4, 1991 |
| According to the Bible, "The spirit indeed is willing but this" is weak |
the flesh |
400 |
April 4, 1991 |
| After retreating from Moscow in 1812, Napoleon noted, "There is only one step from the sublime to" this |
the ridiculous |
500 |
April 4, 1991 |
| In "Hamlet" Polonius calls this "the soul of wit" |
brevity |
100 |
September 18, 1990 |
| "Rats desert" this |
a sinking ship |
200 |
September 18, 1990 |
| "He that would the daughter win must with" this woman "first begin" |
her mother |
300 |
September 18, 1990 |
| A modern corruption of this proverb is "Marry in haste and repent in the summer" |
Marry in haste and repent in leisure |
400 |
September 18, 1990 |
| He said "Fish and visitors smell in three days" |
Ben Franklin |
500 |
September 18, 1990 |
| Completes the proverb "Living well is the best..." |
revenge |
100 |
April 17, 1990 |
| These "that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails." |
bees |
200 |
April 17, 1990 |
| "Better the foot slip than" this |
the tongue |
300 |
April 17, 1990 |
| "The mouse that has but one" of these "is quickly taken." |
a hole |
400 |
April 17, 1990 |
| Line that pairs with "See a pin and let it lie, you'll want a pin before you die." |
"See a pin and pick it up, and all the day you shall have good luck." |
500 |
April 17, 1990 |
| It "flees away without delay," "has wings" & "flies" |
time |
100 |
March 2, 1990 |
| It's "better than wealth" & it rhymes, too |
health |
200 |
March 2, 1990 |
| These "think alike" |
great minds |
300 |
March 2, 1990 |
| "You can't judge a book by its cover" because these "are deceptive" |
looks (appearances) |
400 |
March 2, 1990 |
| These "made in storms are forgotten in calms" |
vows (promises) |
500 |
March 2, 1990 |
| According to the proverb, you should always do this "on the bright side" |
look |
100 |
November 21, 1989 |
| A proverb on appearances goes, "If the beard were all," this animal "might preach" |
a goat |
200 |
November 21, 1989 |
| "Every horse thinks its own pack" is this |
heaviest |
300 |
November 21, 1989 |
| "Once" this, "twice shy" |
bitten |
400 |
November 21, 1989 |
| A man in this occupation should "stick to his last" |
Shoemaker (or cobbler) |
500 |
November 21, 1989 |
| As Robert Wagner could tell you, one must "set a thief to" do this |
to catch a thief |
100 |
October 26, 1989 |
| "Out of sight, out of" this |
mind |
200 |
October 26, 1989 |
| "Curses, like", these, "come home to roost" |
chickens |
300 |
October 26, 1989 |
| They are "poor men's riches" but should be "seen and not heard" |
children |
400 |
October 26, 1989 |
| "Hope for the best" but do this |
prepare for the worst |
500 |
October 26, 1989 |
| As you do this "so you must lie on it", which is hard to do if you think about it |
"As you make your bed" |
100 |
July 20, 1989 |
| "There is a remedy for all things but" this |
death |
200 |
July 20, 1989 |
| "Gold goes in any gate, except" this one |
the pearly gate (Heaven\'s gate) |
300 |
July 20, 1989 |
| According to Dickens, these will happen even in "the best-regulated families" |
accidents |
400 |
July 20, 1989 |
| In "Lady Clara Vere de Vere", Tennyson wrote, "Kind hearts are more than" these |
coronets |
500 |
July 20, 1989 |
| "He that makes himself" one of these "shall be eaten by the wolf" |
sheep |
100 |
June 30, 1988 |
| Do this "in haste & repent at leisure" |
marry |
200 |
June 30, 1988 |
| It's "not steel, yet it cuts"; it's "a woman's sword & she does not let it rust" |
her tongue |
300 |
June 30, 1988 |
| According to the proverb on perserverance, it's how "the goose is plucked" |
one feather at a time (feather by feather) |
400 |
June 30, 1988 |
| In the rhyming proverb "What can't be" this, "must be endured" |
cured |
500 |
June 30, 1988 |
| "A stitch in time..." does this |
saves nine |
100 |
May 24, 1988 |
| Completes Jesus' words to Peter, "The spirit indeed is willing..." |
but the flesh is weak |
200 |
May 24, 1988 |
| "Man may work from sun to sun, but..." this is also true |
a woman\'s work is never done |
300 |
May 24, 1988 |
| Completes the proverb, "Money, like manure, does no good till it is..." this |
spread |
500 |
May 24, 1988 |
| Proverbial title of the following, a number 1 hit in 1963:"My friends all tell me /Go to him, run to him /Say sweet lovely things to him /And tell him, he's the one /Deep in my heart I know it /But it's so hard to show it /Cause it's easier, easier said than done /My buddies tell me..." |
"Easier Said Than Done" |
|
May 24, 1988 |
| "Live not to eat, but..." do this instead |
eat to live |
100 |
April 27, 1988 |
| We found one source that said these "make the man" & one that said they "do not make the man" |
clothes |
200 |
April 27, 1988 |
| "Gold goes in at any gate except" this one, as Michael Cimino probably knows, now |
heaven\'s |
300 |
April 27, 1988 |
| "He that will thrive must rise at five, he that's thriven may lie till" this time |
seven |
400 |
April 27, 1988 |
| It's the bough you're not supposed to cut |
the one you\'re standing on |
500 |
April 27, 1988 |
| They can never "be bankrupt" or "be choosers" |
beggars |
100 |
December 3, 1987 |
| Completes the proverb, "Set a thief..." |
to catch a thief |
200 |
December 3, 1987 |
| Jesus advised "When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know..." this |
what your right hand is doing |
300 |
December 3, 1987 |
| Devout cowards live by the proverb "He that fights & runs away, may..." do this |
fight again another day (live to right again another day) |
400 |
December 3, 1987 |
| We must learn to do this before we can run |
walk |
100 |
January 29, 1987 |
| They "can't be choosers" |
beggars |
200 |
January 29, 1987 |
| Translation of the Latin proverb "In vino veritas" |
In wine, truth |
300 |
January 29, 1987 |
| "A woman's mind & winter wind" do this "oft" |
change |
400 |
January 29, 1987 |
| On the indivisability of this, a proverb asks: "Why buy a cow when milk is so cheap?" |
getting married |
500 |
January 29, 1987 |
| The place, according to this proverb, not "to change horses" |
in the middle of a stream |
100 |
September 19, 1986 |
| It "is fair play" |
turnabout |
200 |
September 19, 1986 |
| Especially on April 1st, "There's no fool like..." this |
an old fool |
300 |
September 19, 1986 |
| Dromedarian equivalent to "The last drop makes the cup run over" |
the straw that broke the camel\'s back |
400 |
September 19, 1986 |
| It "surpasses learning" "is the best buckler against affronts", & "is a virtue" |
patience |
500 |
September 19, 1986 |
| According to 17th century writer John Ray, one is "never too old to" do this |
learn |
100 |
March 17, 1986 |
| "The hand that" does this, "rules the world" |
rocks the cradle |
200 |
March 17, 1986 |
| When wine comes in, this is said to come out |
the truth |
300 |
March 17, 1986 |
| It's said, "A man always chases a woman until" this happens |
until she catches him |
400 |
March 17, 1986 |
| According to the Bible a lazy man who doesn't want to go out to work will say there's 1 of these in the streets |
a lion |
500 |
March 17, 1986 |
| When the cat's away, what the mice will do |
play |
100 |
December 27, 1985 |
| As you make your bed, so must you do this |
lie in it |
200 |
December 27, 1985 |
| Said Francis Bacon, "If the mountain will not come to Muhammed, Muhammed will" do this |
go to the mountain |
300 |
December 27, 1985 |
| "Man proposes", but God does this |
disposes |
400 |
December 27, 1985 |
| "A bad workman quarrels with" these |
his tools |
500 |
December 27, 1985 |
| They're known to "desert a sinking ship" |
rats |
100 |
September 27, 1985 |
| "He that fights & runs away may live" to do this |
to fight another day |
200 |
September 27, 1985 |
| According to ancient think Appius Caecus, "Each man is the architect of" this |
his own destiny (fate) |
300 |
September 27, 1985 |
| Ben Franklin wrote, "Some are weather-wise, some are" this |
otherwise |
400 |
September 27, 1985 |
| 2 word self-help proverb found in temple of the Oracle at Delphi |
Know thyself |
500 |
September 27, 1985 |