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 English proverbs - interactive quiz 

Sixteen English proverbs

Here are 16 well-known English proverbs; but for each one, there are three or four options for one of the key words or expressions.  Which is correct ?   Select the right word or phrase from the dropdown menus.
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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    won't bill way lawyer .
4. A bird in the hand is worth two in the   pot bush stomach .
5. You can’t tell a book by its    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 .
11.  An apple a day keeps the   policeman children hunger doctor away
12. A bad workman always blames   his boss 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 moss friends .

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

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