Advanced level EFL English
Find the English proverbs

Here are sixteen famous English proverbs. However, there are key words to select for each one. Try and fill in the missing words, from the list below. 

1.    Don’t count your chickens before they’re (roasted / hatched / grown up).
2.    People who live in glass houses shouldn’t (throw stones / misbehave / have secrets.)
3.    Where there’s a will there’s a (way / won’t / bill / lawyer).
4.    A bird in the hand is worth two in the (pot / bush / stomach).
5.    You can’t tell a book by it’s (cover / author / look / price).
6.    Don’t put all your eggs in one (omelette / nest / basket/ aeroplane).
7.    Better safe than (stupid / sorry / serious).
8.    Necessity is the mother of (poverty / nothing at all / invention).
9.    The early bird catches the (worm / cold / train / ball).
10.    A watched pot never (disappears / worries / boils / watches).
11.    An apple a day keeps the (policeman / children / doctor) away.
12.    A bad workman always blames (his friends / his tools / himself / the government).
13.    A miss is as good as a (Mrs. / milkman / mile).
14.    Empty barrels make most (problems / beer /noise / money).
15.    Too many cooks spoil the (broth / plate / kitchen / recipe).
16.    A rolling stone gathers no (speed / friends / moss).

Can you explain the meaning of these proverbs in simple ordinary English?