Match The Proverb A Game To Show We
Match The Proverb A Game To Show We Have More In Common With The World Than We May Know
Game Directions Read the following proverbs from different countries. Then try to guess which American proverb it matches. Don’t worry if you don’t know all the answers. Just have fun guessing!
Proverb From Lebanon 1. He makes a wine cellar from one raisin. A. If at first C. He makes B. The early you don’t a mountain bird gets the succeed, try out of a worm. again. molehill.
Proverb From Korea 2. Even a tiger will appear if you talk about him. A. Speak of B. There is the devil strength in and he will numbers. appear. C. Haste makes waste.
Proverb From Spain 3. God is a good worker but he loves to be helped. A. Speak of the devil and he will appear. C. God B. Practice helps those makes who help perfect. themselves.
Proverb From Denmark 4. You can force a man to shut his eyes, but you cannot make him sleep. A. You can lead a man to water but you cannot make him drink. C. Early to bed, early to rise, B. If at first you makes a man don’t succeed, healthy, try again. wealthy and wise.
Proverb From Spain 5. A little in your own pocket is better than much in another’s purse. B. One bird C. Neither a A. Save for a in the hand lender or a rainy day is worth two borrower be. in the bush.
Proverb From Ghana 6. If you climb up a tree, you must come down that same tree. C. What A. From B. Look goes up, the frying before you must come pan into leap. down. the fire.
Proverb From Germany 7. From the rain into the gutter. A. From the frying pan into the fire. B. Rainy days and Mondays always get me down. C. What goes up, must come down.
Proverb From Korea 8. My house burned down but it is a relief that the bedbugs died. B. Every A. Out of cloud has C. Nothing sight, out a silver is perfect. of mind. lining.
Proverb From Tanzania 9. He who is not in sight, is not in the heart. A. Absence makes the B. Grin and bear it. heart grow fonder. C. Out of sight, out of mind.
Proverb From Japan 10. Two captains sink the ship. B. Red sky A. Too at night, many cooks spoil sailor’s delight. the soup. C. Never swim alone.
Proverb From Zaire 11. By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree. A. Learn to walk before you run. B. If at first you don’t succeed, try again. C. Practice makes perfect.
Proverb From Tanzania 12. I will not cry over a mishap and injure my eyes. B. Don’t count your A. All that glitters is not chickens before they gold. are hatched. C. There’s no use crying over spilt milk.
Proverb From Zaire 13. A person who arrives early to the spring never gets dirty drinking water. A. The early bird gets the worm. B. Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. C. Easy come, easy go.
Proverb From China 14. Never impose on others what you would not impose on yourself. B. Treat others as A. Haste you would makes waste. like to be treated. C. Better late than never.
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